It's dry here at the moment. So, so dry. It seems a world away from my post earlier this year about Africa rain. But, as I've said before - that's Africa for you - all or nothing, drought or flood, feast or famine - there's never really any middle ground when it comes to Africa.The photo above is the main entrance to our farm (after you've just driven in to it & are looking back). The main road runs past it - this road will eventually take you to Kenya, if you keep on driving far enough. That small hill on the other side of the road is also on our farm, as it continues across the road. Our main entrance is deliberately unmarked and inconspicuous.
As you drive through our 'entrance', this above, is the road you see before you. We grade & maintain our own farm roads, which is why they are in such good condition (not lumpy and bumpy and potholed !) Don't you love the blue Tanzanian sky ?
This is what the unfarmed parts of the farm look like. You can just make out a few local village houses on the horizon - these are people who live on the outskirts of the farm.
Here's a view (above) which I haven't posted on the blog before. This is the view you get when you approach the main part of the farm from the back road - to the left (white tin roofed house) is where Justin lives, along with my husband's senior farm hand. The buildings to the right, are the farm workshops & between them - where you see that gap - is the entrance to our house. (Our garden is like an emerald green oasis in the middle of acres and acres of dry, brown earth.)
Nothing is signposted, and the farm entrance off the main road is quite hard to find - so I guess what I'm trying to say, is that if you're planning on unexpectedly popping in for tea, let me know beforehand so that I can email you some clear directions (like "turn right at the large Acacia tree and continue past the 3 large rocks on your left") else you might just get a bit lost *wink* Okay ?
