April has seen us continuing to settle into life in Kompiam, with the
main highlight for this month being the road condition. Early in April
we had 102mm of rain in a 4 hour period which resulted in a significant
landslide just up the road, as well as a washed out culvert at the start
of the road. This left Kompiam cut off for about 2 weeks and
even now we still can't get the truck back up the road as the culvert is
still not fixed. It's just a good reminder of the remoteness of Kompiam
and how much we depend on the road. Hopefully dry season isn't too far
away. As they say, a pictures worth a 1000 words so read on...
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| Sunrise over Kompiam |
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| Landslide the day after |
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| Landslide the day after |
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| Dirty kids after checking out the landslide, ready for a swim |
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| Sandy off to the markets |
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| Heather with Once the pet parrot |
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| Cutting down a tree for the landslide |
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| First Attempt to fix the landslide |
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| First attempt to cross the landslide |
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| Sandy falls off the balcony and gets a cast (chewed it off after an hour) |
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| Sandy and his brother hanging out |
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| More rain, more landslide |
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| Morning in the misty mountains |
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| Some help on the road from a mining company - the man in the bucket is delivering breakfast to the other side |
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| Repairs finished |
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| Bride price (wedding) |
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| Pigs (or part thereof) as part of the bride price |
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| Climbing down to the waterhole |
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| Heather takes a plunge |
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| Swimming hole |
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| Climbing in under the waterfall |
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| Sau River |
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| High School Girls |
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| Hatched from a cocoon |
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| View down the valley |
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| Little terrors of Kompiam |
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| Birthday girl |
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| Heather's surprise birthday present |
