Jan 23/04 |
This was a nice place to stop for a break. With water down below the bridge and trees completely over the road it was nice and cool and very relaxing sitting on the bridge railing. |
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This is the place that I refer to as "McDonalds". It was in a nicely shaded spot beside the road and people could just stop in and pick up deep fried sweet potatoes. The food was very hot and the lady gave it to us with paper from cement bags to hold them. Cement bags are made of a number of layers of paper and the ouside layer and the inside were discarded and the rest was "recycled". |
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This is the ox cart we saw on our walk around Tin. I suppose the rubber tires make this a modern day ox cart. |
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This is the river crossing where I just got the bottom of my shoes wet and Jim managed a fall without hurting his camera. |
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This is the truck that delivered the sand and stone that was needed for our project. In Burkina is guess it's a major project. The whole crew came along. I guess they need lots of help and many shovels to load up. At the job site one person placed a rock in front of the tire to keep the truck from rolling while dumping. Another person climbed under the truck to engage the pto. The pto shaft had badly worn u-joints and the shaft wobbled very badly. Then when the box was lifed another person opened the latches at the back with a rock to open the endgate. Dumping the load was almost an event. |
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