Writer, EFL teacher, trainer, and translator, I was born in Tanzania, have lived in a dozen countries over three continents, and describe myself as an ‘expatriate sin patria’. Wherever I go I make it my business to learn the language, get to know the local people and customs, and discover the country’s remotest corners. I became interested in writing in mid-2006, did a short Open University creative writing course and a Writers’ Bureau course, and began getting articles published in 2007.

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Thought you might like an insight into how swimming pools work here ...

I need to get fit again. Join a pool. Not the inaffordable Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club pool down the road, but a more democratic one. I ask around.

“Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes”, I’m told.

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If you'd like to see photos relating to my 'Carrasco Norte - How the other 95% live' story, go to this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23823&l=9d14c&id=664241054
I need to go out and take a few more...