Pack Doughty into Africa
(Nairobi)
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from arranging the move to life as an expat.
tags: DIY relocation, education, moving with pets, nairobi, uk expat
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UK expat now based long-term in Kenya. Working with my husband in Higher Education sector and recording our move here in my blog 'Pack Doughty into Africa'. Tales of arranging your own 'diy relocation', to a country you've never even visited before the day you moved there for good..along with 3 dogs and a cat...Pack Doughty in other words!
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No time to blog…but had to share this!
Posted on 15/12/2011
BBC article – how an overseas job can affect family life…. I’ll be back to post an update soon and also hosting a brand new blog….life just never stops...
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Bye Bye Quarantine! (New UK Regulations from Jan 2012)
Posted on 27/09/2011
Not my usual type of blog post but I am just sooooo excited by this news that I am sharing it every way I know how. It is certainly wonderful news for all expat pet owners who may at...
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Back to Black
Posted on 24/09/2011
Apologies to the late, great Amy Winehouse for the shameless theft of her album and song title, but when a title is apt and just sticks in your head, it’s pointless trying to fight...
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Sorry about the Canapés…
Posted on 10/09/2011
Pack Doughty (minus the animals) decamped to Diani Beach for a week of sunshine at the beginning of August. Nairobi is mid-winter and more often than not you wake to grey skies and the kind...
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Pound Pups
Posted on 18/07/2011
A couple of weeks ago I persuaded Guy that it was about time we paid the KSPCA a visit…Guy said ‘ok…but we’re just going to look’. Ok, ‘just...
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Just like Jim Morrison said…
Posted on 03/07/2011
‘People are strange, when you’re a stranger…’ Getting to meet and know a whole new group of people when you move to a different area or country (in this case) is a...
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Bartering for Bougainvillea
Posted on 12/06/2011
I’ve always been fond of a spot of gardening but in Kenya it’s becoming a bit of an obsession (no doubt something to do with the fact that for about half the time...
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Driving Miss Crazy
Posted on 26/05/2011
I mentioned in my last post that we had a driver but no car – oh happy days! How easy life was when our driver was spending his days making us furniture….We now have a driver...
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Furniture and Flying Termites
Posted on 09/05/2011
At last I finally get chance to sit down and write my first entry in ‘expat life’. We’ve been in Kenya a little over a week now and we’ve spent all week running...
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3 Live Dogs and a Cat…
Posted on 21/04/2011
I finally shut the door for the last time on our London home yesterday. Then I headed down to Cornwall to visit my parents and sister. I did my customary ‘say goodbye and thank...
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