Eric and Robert spreading the idea Pape’ete Topics of the day: EDT, Mizael, interview, Roti, Jacky Bryant At 7:00 we walked over to the bus stop just to wait about 40 minutes to get into the wrong bus (which was empty so the bus driver was so kind and to make a detour and drop…

Too many contacts Pape’ete Topics of the day: contacts, comic, documentary film contents, questionnaires Today I wrote a bit and tried finding out the phone number of Steve Lejeune who draws futuristic dystopian comics (Tahiti in the year 2040, severely battered by climate change drugs and violence) for the Depêche (one of the two most…

Mixed feelings Pape’ete Topics of the day: Pierre, crisis, public participation solar farm, socialising In the morning Eric, Robert and I went to meet Pierre Blanchard (the independent consultant) while Raphael went to the TEP again to get a plan of the electricity grid. He showed us his house which is crammed with thousands of…

Allies Pape’ete Topics of the day: Nuihau, TNTV, Pomare, planning At 7:30 we met Nuihau, Robert and Eric at the “Royal Tahitien” (the hotel the two are staying at which is also mentioned in the book – good job Dirk: you described the place in such detail that I thought I’d been there before). Nuihau…

Happy 🙂 Pape’ete Topics of the day: Eric and Robert, regional currency, documentary film Today Roti and Rudolf picked up Robert and Eric at the airport because we thought we’d have an appointment with TNTV. It turned out we didn’t so we went to the bike-shop to get some spare parts (brake pads) for Vaitua’s…

Brief an die Hart und Fairs im Fernsehen „Wenn Demokratie etwas verändern könnte, hätte man sie längst verboten.“ Nicht schlecht, der Satz, oder? Stammt von dem russischen Anarchisten Michail Bakunin (1814 – 1876). Etwa hundert Jahre nach dessen Tod äußerte sich Sithu U Thant in seiner Eigenschaft als dritter Generalsekretär der UNO wie folgt: „Ich…