WOW...

More kids running to see who is driving by...



Now we do see a great deal of women doing most of the hard work in this country. These women are carrying wood to their homes or to the local market to sell. They load the wood in to even piles and then tie it to a long pole. They carry the pole on their shoulders for the entire distance. Today we met two older women (about 60+ years old) and we asked if we could take a picture with us lifting the wood. They agreed. These two women were over 60 years old and had NO muscle tone (lack of food and nutrients over the years). We were severely shocked when we went to lift the wood. All three of us (two guys bigger than me) had a very very hard time lifting the wood. We figured that it was about 60+ kgs!! I could not believe that these woman were lifting such a weight and then walking 2-10kms with it. I had a new respect for them!! I gave them some of my food, some sweets and some water.



I wanted to show you an interesting thing. Check out the shoes on the two boys in the front. We see a great deal of these. They are a one piece rubber shoe. They have no inserts and no cloth or material. Just rubber molded to look like a runner. Sometimes they have laces. We see a great deal of these.



We decided to try our hand at pumping water. This one actually worked and produced good water. The yellow pails are what people use to transport the water home. Again it is normally the women and its on a long pole across their shoulders. Its equal to carrying to cases of 24 beer.... Very heavy and carried for up to 10 kms.




Locals lining up at the water pump