Blog block and other bureaucracy

Yesterday we went to register our presence with the police and get our 'yellow form' - something all foreigners living outside hotels have to do. I was a little nervous as Jamie had already done this but somewhat belatedly and he had told our general factotum Juli who helped us find our house, that due to registering late, he had had to take the policeman out for lunch and buy him baijio - strong alcohol. Juli, not realising that Jamie was joking, was outraged and called the police station to complain. The policemen were duly called in and questioned as to which one had been corrupt enough to take bribes from a foreigner. Fortunately, the event passed off uneventfully and we were given our....blue forms. 'But they are supposed to be yellow' Jamie said. 'These are the yellow forms. They just happen to be blue' replied our friendly police woman.

Hotmail is the latest internet site to fall foul of the powers that be. Strangely, another site which is impossible to access from here is our blog. While I can upload onto it, I can't actually access it. Is the name 'Heywood' on some internet block list? Who can say? Our blog stands shoulder to sholder with the BBC.