Preparations Pape’ete Topics of the day: sponsors, bikes, chemises, kids, online questionnaire This morning Roti, Hinano and I went to look for some more sponsors but (only) got 10 t-shirts (probably made from genetically modified cotton loaded with pesticides and manufactured in a sweatshop by some poor children in China – worst case scenario or…

Sponsors Pape’ete Topics of the day: leaflets, sponsors, more networking Today we found a jackpot-sponsor! He is giving Roti a tricycle for free and donating the first prize for our “Draw the bike of your dreams” competition – a bicycle! That really motivated me! Roti and I also went to a few other shops to…

Das Tahiti Projekt – Ein Leser vor Ort Heute erreichte mich ein Schreiben von Udo Blum (war auch in Wuppertal dabei). Er hat mir einen Brief eines Freundes weitergeleitet, der zur Zeit auf Tahiti Urlaub macht und dem er das „Tahiti-Projekt“ als Reiselektüre mitgegeben hat. Dieser Freund, sein Name ist Peter Schrage-Aden, ist beim Bezirksamt…

Listen to the radio Pape’ete Topics of the day: radio, sponsors, more networking and writing, Pomare XI At 8:00 I met Roti in front of “Radio Fara” (one of the local radio stations) for our interview. Actually Raurani was supposed to join us but she called Roti to let us know that she was sick…

Facebook revolution Pape’ete Topics of the day: market, networking, Facebook, blog, Raphael accident This morning we went to the market – it has become a nice Sunday-tradition now that we’re living only 3 minutes from the city center. I spent all day over at Roti’s networking: flooded all her “facebook-friends” (Facebook is a social networking…

In Vino Veritas, in aqua sanitas – or maybe not… Pape’ete Topics of the day: writing, no sponsors, Thede’s farewell party, wine Today I wrote, sorted through some pictures (applying efficiency criteria: a waste of time) and then went downtown to ask at the nearby bike shop if they’d like to sponsor us – they…