And once again we the wind whistling around the ears. Aidan is the last Friday evening, come home, Saturday and Sunday we will have a picnic and spent to talk to each other to bring up to date, and since then ... Mister is the flat again with ner flu. Welcome to the Transkei ... again govern other beetles.
Yes, the project will undergo some changes over the next few weeks! The long-planned town meeting on Monday held a week before last, and it's not just good it ran. Now that the villagers have finally realized that we are not rich and that we all simply NOT FOR they build, but with them, they are totally confused. This hollow-hand-me culture is really on his nerves. And listen to me anyway they wanted no more, because I said things that they do not want to hear, and they said we are waiting for Aidan, Aidan knows everything, Aidan will tell us what to do. I laughed and said, beautiful, beautiful I was right only. The problem is, I can explain simply not true that they have an intrinsic value and that they do not need us, that we only Guiding and show them how they can improve their lives - with very simple means - but they must do it yourself ! As the saying goes: do not give them the fish, but teach them to fish. Just do not fish them learn!! So Aidan has now developed a new concept. I can not yet explain because it does not exist officially, but it will be something like a cooperative, where the guest house is run as a business, and if the villagers will see that everything is running and finally show intrested, they can buy shares or buy at the end of the business. So anyway. I'll explain everything as soon as we have just laid down. First, Aidan still pay for their flu ...
the Land Rover we have still not ready, last time I was with Tony in Mthatha, we announced the starter motor for repair and in a car commercial transaction brake and clutch seals ordered. Day before yesterday we were back in town, but is dependent Mthatha Mthatha and it never runs everything as you want, and everything takes two or three times longer than anywhere else ... the long and short of it had not ordered all brake seals, but only two wheels (despite our very precise and three times repeated statements), and the starter motor was repaired not ready because they were still waiting for a spare part order the them from Johannesburg had to (because the starter motor is so old that no one else will spare parts). Aha, we are well thank you in a week ... Land Rover is therefore still in front of Tony's Mpame shop around. And the Beetle? Which is still in Cintsa rum, just before East London ... the replacement engine is meanwhile arrived in Mthatha (who came down from Durban) and Tony will give us (Aidan and me and the engine) next Monday to bring Cintsa when he goes to East London. Sunday and then our two vehicles should be roadworthy again soon ...
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