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Wundabah Wasser!

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Howdy folks, long time no blog :) Things have certainly been ticking along nicely in the Atamai Eco Village. Firstly I got proper internet to our site, not the overpriced 3G joke that I was putting up with previously. Now I've got a microwave dish that points to a radio tower on the hill, and I get "good enough" download/upload speeds at low latency ... great for VoIP (internet telephone) which works well. You'd have to squint to see the radio tower, but I assure you it is there, right above the "Radio Tower" words. We also got our lower rainwater collection tank installed. I really can't get enough of them cranes and diggers ... check out the pics below: Check out the size of that tank! 24,000L in case you were wondering. Oh, and I think it weighs 12 tonnes. A a crane used to lift it into the hole. This tank will be buried once it has been given some fittings and tested at pressure.  At the same time the head