We are off to Taipei. The air is terrible here. As some of you know from the Globe and Mail. It is on the BBC. It is all day news (like CNN) on the Singapore tv. The psi should be under 100 and it is over 300 and close to 400.
Indonesian farmers do slash and burn to prepare their fields for their palm oil crops. The prevailing winds send the smoke from their burning to Malaysia and Singapore. It happens every year but nothing like this.
It is very weird here. Everyone with masks. Like a heavy London fog, but it stings your eyes and gives you a sore throat. There are flecks of ash blowing around. Hospitals are very busy with asthma patients.
Tim has 4 days off, so we are flying to Taipei. Now that is a joke. Going to China for cleaner air.
So we fly off tomorrow, back Tuesday. We have a young friend, Amy, teaching ESL outside Taipei and if we are lucky we will connect with her. And apparently there is a museum in Taipei that would be a three day visit- treasures from China, from the Forbidden City.
We are so very lucky to be able to escape. I never do forget how blessed we are. They say that this could last for weeks. In 1997, the last time it was really bad, it lasted July to October!!!
So I have lots more on South Africa, which will come.
My nephew, David has sent his wife and two kids back to Japan for a while. (They left Japan because of the nuclear scares). Go figure........
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