Finally Back Home

Oh wow. It’s been a long five days.
Please, please, please forgive me for not updating for a long time.
We started off from Tinderet to Elderet on Wednesday morning at 6 and got as far as the mountains before our LandCruiser (that one I mentioned was being towed back) broke down. We knew it was going to happen, I guess. We’d been cheering every time it started by itself. It seems our TIMO cars have a bit of a problem starting; we always have to push start them. Ha.
Anyway, the thing broke down a few times, then went completely kaput in the desert. So Steve pulled us with his LandRover for ten hours. Through the mountains, through rivers, through terrible roads. TEN HOURS. We were on the road for 20 hours before we finally got into Loki at 2 a.m. and crashed for the night. The nice thing was there were just four of us in the car, plus about 200 kilos of vegetables and fruit, so it bordered on comfort. I could actually lay down in the back, one leg up on a huge back of oranges, the other on an even bigger bag of potatoes. Luxury. Pure luxury.
It’s funny: I used to think the three hours to my grandparents’ house was a killer of a drive. But now that seems like a drop in the bucket.
The last leg of our journey didn’t get much easier. We were stuck in Loki for a day while Steve fixed the LandCruiser and we did the rest of the shopping. To make matters even worse, the western place to eat there was out of every bit of good food. We’d so looked forward to pizza night and ice cream, and it just didn’t happen.
The next day we started out the last leg and hit some killer rivers on the way back. Daniel had to pull the trucks through. It’s so awesome, driving through water that’s up over the bonnet. (That’s English for hood.) Twelve hours later, we’re here in Lopit.
Ugh, I don’t have time to tell you all about it now. The rain is coming and I have to use the satellite. I took some pictures and I’ll get them up later. Just know I’m sorry for not updating; there’s so much to say here and I’ll get to it as soon as I can!