Bigred18
Tt message was for Suedonim!
We enjoyed our time there, actually, Bigred and still miss it on occasions. We made some good friends there, with whom we’re still in contact. I enjoyed not doing any housework for five years, I will admit! I got involved with charity work and that was very rewarding, with visible results right there in front of you.
My dd went to school there and she counts it as really giving her an understanding of how much of the world works and a different point of view to the Western eye. One comes to realise how privileged we are in the developed world, even with all its flaws.
You do need to be aware of your own safety but nothing worse happened other than feeling threatened, which I’ve also felt in UK cities. Nowhere is 100% safe. We’d previously lived in Indonesia, at the time of the Bali bomb, so I suppose we knew what to expect.