I suppose if they were honest every ex-pat living here in Ethiopia will have occasional moments when the only thing they want to do is go straight to the airport and fly home. Well I had my first experience of this two or three weeks ago, in the middle of the night. Insect bites are a fact of life in the tropics, and Chris and I have coped with them intermittently over the time we have been here. I can sometimes be seen sitting at home in the evening with my trousers tucked into my socks as I am convinced unseen bugs are attacking my lower legs from the floor.

When I came to teach at Bingham I didn’t expect the opportunity to attend a conference for professional development (for some reason called 'Africa 2.014') where the participants are drawn from schools across the globe. The venue was a large (3-form entry) international school in Addis which uses the American curriculum.