Jambo!
We have now been in Kolandoto for almost two weeks and even though I still not have gotten used to showering from bucket I must say I enjoy it here. Life is so much simpler. The perception of time here is a lot different from what we are used to, which in the beginning made us very frustrated. Here, time is seen as something which is coming and not as we see it, as something which is passing. The rain period has recently begun which is one of the reasons the power is cut off almost every day. The national grid company seems to turn of the power as soon as they are expecting bad weather. The N-1 criterion is far from fulfilled in eastern Tanzania.
We have the last week managed to get a number of things done, still not as much as we wished to but it still turned out to be a moderate week. The company, which was later contracted, has visited Kolandoto and we have presented thoroughly what we expect from them. We have also managed to get a hold on a logging thermometer for measuring the rooms that the inverters and batteries will be stored.
The coming week we will be at assistance for the electrician(s) to ease their work. We are on a tight schedule, so nothing can't go wrong (fingers crossed).
By this time next week I hope we got some more installation-related pictures to share with you, this week however the following pictures gets to sum up the week.
We have now been in Kolandoto for almost two weeks and even though I still not have gotten used to showering from bucket I must say I enjoy it here. Life is so much simpler. The perception of time here is a lot different from what we are used to, which in the beginning made us very frustrated. Here, time is seen as something which is coming and not as we see it, as something which is passing. The rain period has recently begun which is one of the reasons the power is cut off almost every day. The national grid company seems to turn of the power as soon as they are expecting bad weather. The N-1 criterion is far from fulfilled in eastern Tanzania.
We have the last week managed to get a number of things done, still not as much as we wished to but it still turned out to be a moderate week. The company, which was later contracted, has visited Kolandoto and we have presented thoroughly what we expect from them. We have also managed to get a hold on a logging thermometer for measuring the rooms that the inverters and batteries will be stored.
The coming week we will be at assistance for the electrician(s) to ease their work. We are on a tight schedule, so nothing can't go wrong (fingers crossed).
By this time next week I hope we got some more installation-related pictures to share with you, this week however the following pictures gets to sum up the week.
We live in a shared house just 2 min walking distance from the hospital
The local shop, where we literally buy 95% of all our food
The questioned packing of my jersey turned out to be a hit
A whole day was spent at the bank this week
Hope you enjoyed!- Martin
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