tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post4197726958799637628..comments2024-03-17T17:08:04.667+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: The Smoke That ThundersMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-5786027508384982072015-07-21T13:42:20.272+01:002015-07-21T13:42:20.272+01:00Thanks Norm. Who knows, Heather may have attended ...Thanks Norm. Who knows, Heather may have attended to Barbara and me when we crossed the border in 1969, 70 and 71MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-57982932641570085122015-07-21T13:41:12.207+01:002015-07-21T13:41:12.207+01:00Just a note to thank you for the lovely photos and...Just a note to thank you for the lovely photos and documentary of Vic Falls. My wife Heather grew up in Kitwe in the 60s, and worked in Customs at Vic Falls on the (Rhodesian) side in the early 70s. She had a look at your photos and wanted to pass on her thanks for the lovely views.<br />Best regards<br />Norm Lotter, XPS Consulting & Testwork Services, CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-48301955188436025722015-07-17T11:34:52.269+01:002015-07-17T11:34:52.269+01:00I agree with you Ian, this is probably the most be...I agree with you Ian, this is probably the most beautiful area of a beautiful continent, which as you say, once visited gets into your blood like no other region. This was the first time we have spent any time on the Zambian side of the Zambezi, and I have to say that on balance I would prefer it to the other bank.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-48033799953161485632015-07-17T10:03:26.934+01:002015-07-17T10:03:26.934+01:00Hi Barry
Great to see you, and many other friends ...Hi Barry<br />Great to see you, and many other friends at the excellent SAIMM Copper Cobalt Conference. I agree it would be difficult to find a more spectacular venue. Thanks for persuading me to join you, Barbara and Corby on the trip to Livingstone Island. That was something special.<br />As you wrote in your blog, I started my mining industry career in Mufulira, Zambia, in 1972. My attendance at the SAIMM conference may well have been my last corporate business trip before I retire at the end of October. It was symbolic that it should end in the country where it all started. In the 43 years since I first set foot in Africa, there have been only two years when I have not made at least one visit. Since that first mosquito bite Africa has been in my blood physically and metaphorically. I certainly hope to keep returning well into retirement.<br />Best regards<br />Ian Townsend<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-76731795174389310602015-07-17T07:59:53.073+01:002015-07-17T07:59:53.073+01:00beautiful place - stayed at The Livingstone on the...beautiful place - stayed at The Livingstone on the Zambian side , did the elephant safari told by the handlers that if the wild elephants caused a problem we should just hang on and they would come and find us !!!! helicoptor flight over the falls was awesome !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com