Power - what power?

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This morning we discovered what life is like in Africa. It was about 6:30am and the lights in our little bungalows started to buzz and shine very brightly... all of a sudden - POOF! The power blew out the lights. I was working on my laptop at the time and just before the electricity blew I was able to pull the cord out so I managed to save my computer from being fried by the power surge. The guys weren't as lucky. They had their camera batteries charging and the whole charger just popped like a cork and went dead...

So while Richard went into town to see a Mr Fix-It, Luke and I went out to film on the building site - trying to conserve as much battery as possible just in case the charger couldn't be fixed!

It was fun playing with the local kids out there - but sad knownig that they should be in school but will probably never be able to afford to go. Seeing them play with anything - plastic bags bundled together passes for a ball around here - makes you realise just how good we've got it at home.

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Photos

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Life in Tanzania during power-cuts, which happen nearly every day

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Luke films The Salvation Army troop carrier negotiating the local roads.

Comments

[Beck]

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Hey Lauz, lucky you saved your computer. Sounds like it is going to be another unpredicatable adventure. The pictures are good. be careful!