The first photo is of our caravan crew replacing some parts of the hot section (whatever that is) on one of our caravans. These parts were just brought here by one of the guys from Nampa. It's cheaper to have guys hand carry parts than have them couriered! Crazy eh? That's my girl Sisi getting her hands dirty while the guys look on/hold the book... lol

Then there's Hugo in his office/cubby hole working diligently on his new program that keeps track of instrument calibration or something techie like that...

Lately we've had people come for water and then leave the tap running full out and my front garden quickly becomes lake-like. I'm not sure if it's kids who just don't know the proper way to turn the tap to stop the water flow or if it is deliberate. I've asked our guard and Ice to tell the people that they need to make sure that the water is turned off when they are done. I've said that if this continues I will be forced to lock the gates and not allow anyone to get water anymore. They don't seem to understand that clean drinking water is limited and that we have a pump that takes electricity and if the water is allowed to run freely, the pump will have to pump continuously and the well could run dry. Ice has tried to explain it to them but they just laugh and can't believe that I would actually lock the gate. Everyone else around here does that. We are the only ones that allow people to get water. It wasn't always this way. You'd think that the message would get across... But the fact is that when the water is turned on in their kampung (subdivision-sort of), they let it just run and no one turns it off! Then they wonder why the water keeps getting turned off up at the top of the mountain! Because it's gone! Until the next big rain that is... No melting glaciers here....

In fact, the water tank and pipe system in that area was installed by an expat family living here!