Thin Line

There is a fine line between life and death, security and safety, happiness and sorrow, confidence and fear... I guess it applies to all humans all worldwide, but in particular here, in a rural Tanzania. Today we have seen this thin line for ourselves...

Close Encounter

On my way from Dar es Salaam to Zurich via Nairobi, I was seated next to a Tanzanian lady who looked to be a well off. Her two lively daughters, teenagers, sat right behind us. The lady slept all night, wrapped tight in a blanket. When she woke up in time for breakfast before landing in Zurich, she opened up and told me her story...