Ingenuity

-A Monster Truck-

The wheels are cut from old pairs sandals. They are held together by discarded pens or sticks straight enough to be an axel.

The chassis is built from scrap wood - apparently part of a larger structure that burned. The second car, attached by rubber strips cut from old innertubes, comes complete with a measuring tape tow rope and scrap metal bed.

The frayed yellow string, with a twist of the control rod, provides turn-on-a dime precision. This is a competetive necessity as boys race their garis up and down the village streets.

Simply Amazing.

And I thought my Lego creations were cool. . .

More pics from life in the villages of Pommern and Tungamalenga are now posted in the photo album to the right.