The mini-bus grinds to a halt with the tell-tale sound of steam escaping at high pressure. "The other driver forgot to top up the water" explains our tour guide. Tch! If only life were that simple, in reality one fan belt is completely shredded.
The ergonomics of this particular Toyota are such that the engine is about as accessible as a ship in a bottle.
Luckily we are at a major intersection on the island; two dirt roads and a ramshackle cafe. We take tea and then we take coffee then tea again.
Eventually two mechanics arrive on a Honda with a bag of tools they proceed to strip off various components then go away again, it's likely it was the wrong fan belt.
We become the focus attention once the two resident small boys lose interest in the disassembly of the Toyota. How to juggle with stones, skipping with a length of telephone cable, riding a bicycle backwards, the Limbo again with the telephone cable, a see-saw, then a primitive working model Trebuchet.
As the first stone whizzes high in the air the boys are eager to try their hand. This proves all too much for our tour guide who suddenly steps in and hurls the Trebuchet components asunder, muttering something about the windscreen of the mini-bus.
We sit down again and continue our wait...
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