TGIF.  What a week!  Have any of you been to Africa? Particularly, Angola?  It is very much a challenge here in Luanda. Infrastructure, although much improving, is a mess.

Consider, what if you took New York City, froze all spending on infrastructure, subjected it to a 30-yr civil war, then quadrupled the population.  Things were tough here when I arrived in 2002, when the war was still going on.  Wars over now ... rebuilding is beginning.  BUT, (a) rebuilding is way behind, and (b) there is immense pent up demand for goods and services.  Cars, cars, cars ... traffick, traffick, traffick.  Commuting is a nightmare ... often taking 1-1.5 hours to complete a 6 mile commute.  Two weeks ago it rained here (wow) ... took me 5 1/2 hours to get home from work (ugh).

Enough about commuting and roads.  Why am I here?  Good question.  Short answer:  Three sons in college.  Yep - MONEY !!!

And, speaking of money. I better post this and get my tail to work.

Later ... gator.