Wednesday, July 23, 2008




Sam
After a day of commuting we got here at 10:30pm ready for a shower... there was food, however following that came the unfortunate news that the hot water was turning off at midnight for 5 days...cue stampede to the bathroom. This announcement came as a shock to some of the residents....
The next day everyone was up bright and early at 6AM(ish) half started work and the other half shirked off into town (ok we had some familiarisation tasks to do). After lunch it was a swap over and the other half found out what hammering plaster off the wall is all about...not much...Although some of us did get a little too enthusiastic about it all...bless.
In the Evening it was a trip to the local bowling alley for those brave enough to look for it, sorry no satirical pic or comment here. And everyone else had a relaxed evening. Oh and Lee made a friend with a local Chinese chap on the way to bowling.
Day Two and its another early start and a day full of work for everyone, what more can I say about that...oh some were throwing bricks (on instruction) onto a roof ready for better weather, the throwing soon became a bucket and rope after one person´s throw went off target...no I dont have a pic but yes it was Sam K, at least I´m big enough to admit it.
Day Three For some another day of 0600 wake up was getting to them, especially after some rigorous team building excises with members of staff the night before. The group was split in two, half of us carried on work, the others went to some nearby caves. The team leaving for the caves were as keen as mustard to investigate! However, after torrential rain caused flash floods and several overturned lorries, Flt Lt Aala made the critical decision to take the team 90 kilometres out of route so they could see some of the countries fascinating countryside, as they were already soaking from the mornings downpour and didn't fancy walking about town.
When we returned to town we were shown around the local Roma settlements and consequently didn't stop, to ensure the safe return of the minibuses hub caps.

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