A day in the life..

The good news is I am entirely recovered from the nastiness that plagued me, Nikki has also recovered fully without further issues. The following week and weekend I spent nearly 60 hours with a group of African mechanics. Two of them working on installing Air Conditioning and the other two helping me install replacement bushings into the suspension components. Both of these have proven to be trying tasks during the rainy season as nobody has covered or even paved work areas. When the rain came the boys told me to get in and stay dry and they would do the work they proceeded to strip off their shirts and get into the mud. Not how I do business, much to the bemusement of everyone around I followed suit. I was thoroughly spent, and caked in mud and grease everyday for the past week, eating only what and when they did and it was a great experience. I lost close to 15 pounds between the illness and working on the truck in other than ideal conditions for the past week. One of the most impressive feats that I have witnessed is that every single repair done on the truck in the past 2 months has been done ENTIRELY with hand tools. Not a drill, or angle grinder or any other power tool has crossed my sight. I watched 3 guys push a 10 passenger van into the dirt lot and completely dismantle the whole thing with hand tools some of which are home made, including chopping out the big metal side panels with a hammer and chisel in 2 days. All of it carted out on wheelbarrows where I am told its shipped to India to be melted and sold.