More Notes on Life Here...

• We have trouble keeping shirts on Aidan. The first thing he does when he comes home from school is take off his shirt. He takes a pj shirt to bed with him each night, only he usually has it on his head or something…
• So we have water now, but as there was not enough pressure to get hot water into our ensuite, they are in the process of installing a jet pump so for tonight we have water but only cold water, brrr…
• You know you’re getting acclimatized when you find it hard to sit in your airconditioned bedroom without wearing a sweater. We have the airco set at 24C…
• The recent earthquake put a crack in the pool up here so no swimming for a while, bummer….
• Indonesian kids have been teaching Christiaan how to climb up a nearby tree.
• Apparently all the imported foods are stuck in the docks of Jayapura right now, which means that there’s no oatmeal, tomato paste, mayonnaise, sandwich meat, bacon etc… available right now… double bummer...
• There are three bridges that were damaged by the flooding. One of them has been replaced with a nice new bridge. The other two are still in the works. For those two, temporary one way bridges were set up. However, one of those bridges is now only being used by motorcycles due to the installation of something big (not sure what it is) and all cars have to go down the river bank and through the river and then back up the other side. I did it the other day, rather freakish as it can be quite slippery… I’m telling you, after driving here, I think I could drive in those off-road races….