Charlotte

After finishing an 8 month contract in Iceland, teaching International Baccalaureate English I decided to move to Mozambique to see if the two had anything in common. They don't. The food is generally better in Iceland, and le bique is a lot cheaper.I learnt many things about myself teaching and living in Iceland, but thought I could learn more in the darkest depths of Africa.In the few months I have been here, apart from hanging out with too many Icelanders, I have... built a house, learnt to speak pidgeon portuguese, started investigating sexual abuse cases in local schools, started a girls club and put on weight.I have also spent 8 hours on the back of a truck piled high with sacks of dried fish, killed a guinea fowl and a chicken (on christmas day) and got a hugely sexy workers tan.Generally, I like ... my friends, eating good food, reading good books and trashy magazines. Sitting on the beach at the end of the day when it's not too hot. Waking up early, sometimes. Staying up all night talking. Throwing parties. Making lists, going on holiday, Rome, having cappuccini e cornetti for breakfast, people who do what is right, clean sheets, wasting time on the internet, being nosey, my god-daughter, esp her hair, my sister's cooking and cleaning skills, and her sense of humour, being at home and living in different countries.I hate pretentiousness, people with over-inflated egos, mobile phone companies, the Daily Mail (but not Laura), celebrity culture, unhealthy body image perpetuated by the fashion industry, people who use unnecessarily large quantities of tissues, toilet paper and hand towels, people who lie, making phone calls to people i don't know, hearing people i know have sex, mozambican builders and having no idea what to do with my life.