The Dept of Tourism had been letting Belekria know that a
market was being planned for the annual Independance day celebration. They had assured Belekria they had a place
reserved and would be notified later about when it would start etc.
Unfortunately it just happened to be when Samuel was away
for a few days, and me being too scared to drive in the big city of Dili, poor
Emmy and Nona were pretty embarrassed by their market stall on a small plastic coffee
table…. So much for “PRESENTATION!”
I finally asked John from MAF if he could take our dining
table in his ute and drop it around for them, so that improved the appearance a bit. I was tryng not to be involved but was glad
to visit them on the last day, and buy a few local products (as well as a cute
black bunny for Israel).
Sadly the market wasn’t well advertised (actually not sure
if was advertised at all) so even though Emmy and Nona turned up each day
around 9am and stayed till after 10pm they came out of the 5 day market with a total
of $53 income and $32 spent in transport etc. hmmmm. Oh well, you win some you lose some.
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