Meeting at 9am – no address, no one knows where it is…find the place and our contact person was gone, need a phone, no electricity, find a phone, calling card doesn’t work, wander around to find a taxi, no taxi’s so we find a combi, I say ‘station’ they say ‘get in’, we end up at the bus station NOT the combi station, wander around again until we find the actual combi station and head to Old Naledi. That's basically a normal morning when nothing works out and we don’t even really care because we always end up somewhere worthwhile. 
Arrive at Tlamelo…it’s impossible to care about being lost all morning when you’re playing with the kids. Les and I are trying to learn our way around the kitchen – I think we almost butchered a whole cow for the kid’s lunch on Friday. 
After Tlamelo we stayed in Old Naledi and helped clean up a few yards and made a hole where we put trash in to burn – so basically I kinda fell in the trash hole and lost my shoe…some nice guy from Tlamelo frantically dug for my shoe while everyone else laughed at me. My shoe was safely returned. Then the boys tried to rip out some electrical thing from the ground and it started sparking everywhere, after a few more pulls and sparks they finally left it alone. Then we headed across the street where we saw the nearest electrical pole on fire. OOPS, guess we started an electrical fire in the middle of the village. For some reason no one seemed too concerned and it went out soon after. Just a typical day starting fires and falling in trash holes.
Loved being at Tlamelo again, I think we all look forward to days spent in Old Naledi and have started to look forward to the week much more than weekend…although we do still enjoy our weekend excursions.
Oodi weavers on Saturday afternoon – a women’s village that hand weaves beautiful wall hangings and such. Several of us ordered custom made designs. Went to Bull & Bush Pub on Saturday night – very cute little restaurant and bar hangout. Really enjoyed the night. I’m sure we will be back soon.
Bull and Bush Pub
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ok finally started reading...after much badgering on your end. sorry it took me a while to get caught up on your life...i hate working 40 hours a week. i love you. until we meet again.
-shani
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