hello dear readers and followers of this blog, and sorry for the long silence, but our laptop charger bombed out about a month ago, and to get a replacement was - as everything out here at the end of the world - quite a mission. Now finally we've got a new charger and the laptop is working again ... but soon the blog entries will cease again as people in charge of the project are flying to Europe. Not just for fun, but also for fundraising purposes ... Meanwhile we've been busy here and started putting up the first walls of the lodge. We wanted to get the first room finished - with roof up and everything - but the rains came to quickly. The thirsty landscape is happy but we are annoyed, it could have waited another 2 weeks if you ask me!!! Time is slipping through our hands again for Aidan is leaving in a couple of days, and I (Rahel) am leaving soon afterwards, and the building isn't finished yet. Oh well ... we do what we can, Transkei time. :-)
the first walls of the lodge in progress ...
and the first room almost up!
Aidan constructing the roof
While we're in Europe there will be no Blog entries, but Aidan comes back to Manzamnyama by mid-December, just in time for the high season. We've already had some booking enquiries for village huts, which is great! Looks like things are finally starting to take off now.
new (goat-proof!) gate to the Lodge
clay bricks made by Rahel and Aidan
roll of pig netting - friend and helper concerning goat affairs!
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