Above: Big lunch at Adnan’s.
Adnan, my former teacher and Marie’s teacher, invited us for lunch with his family today. It was a lovely meal. Marie is helping fund the education of the oldest boy who now goes to a private school instead of a government school.
Adnan’s kids at play after lunch.
We got our travel permit yesterday for our trip to the lowlands tomorrow. But unfortunately Marie got pick-pocketed so we’ll be staying put for a while to sort out things like money, credit card etc.
Tasreer or travel permit.
Tonight, I took a wrong turn in the old city. Then I came across this van which had “Auckland” on its paintwork. A quick glance showed that it had a New Zealand address and mobile number on it … but the number didn’t show up well on my phone-camera.
Perhaps someone can look them up and tell them where their van is now! It has been converted to left-hand drive too, which seems to suggest the conversion cost is quite little. Otherwise it wouldn’t be worth it for an old used vehicle.
[Edit: I learned more than 10 years after this post, that Toyotas were highly sought-after, and were stolen from New Zealand and exported overseas. When the vehicle is “free”, I guess conversion costs to left-hand drive doesn’t matter so much.]
Joe Rawiri. Curious about where your old van went?
The mobile number on the tailgate doesn’t show