TIMOR-LESTE REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN SURVEY
PHASE VII: DRIVING IN "THE DISTRICTS"

Having used up our spare tyres, we needed to get the flat ones repaired. We were also meeting up with one of our "Jets": Zito lives and works in Maliana. Hinrich called him on the phone and we agreed to meet him at the roundabout in town. Once there we asked him about a tyre-fitter/repair shop and it turned out we were parked right next to one! The mechanic and his son soon fixed the front tyre but the inner-tube and the lining from the rear tyre were so badly damaged they needed to be replaced.

Taking the tyres for repair	The old tyres on the roof should have been a giveaway, this is the tyre-fitter's workshop	The tyre-fitter and his assistant get to work

The mechanic and his family set off to obtain the new tube and lining while we headed for our hotel, ironically called the Hotel Risky, and then a restaurant. We could pick up the tyres in the morning. Although it had only been 140 kms it had been a long day and cold beers and a hot meal beckoned.

The shredded inner-tube	The family go for a new inner-tube

Zito and Hinrich