November has been a full and exciting month. It started with a 4 day bush walk to visit 2 of our remote health centers out in the mountains. It has also been the MAF Marathon all this month and the girls have just finished running a marathon up and down the airstrip (26 miles). Basically we feel pretty fit after November! If you want to know more about the MAF Marathon see our other blog at
www.mafmarathon.blogspot.com
www.mafmarathon.blogspot.com
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| X-ray of a guy shot with a shotgun about 6 years ago and turned up at the hospital wondering why he had so much pain |
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| Off on our walk and found some kids in a bush classroom happy for a photo |
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| Endless views in the mountains walking out to Marambe |
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| Bush tracks |
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| View out over Marambe |
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| We had just climbed to the very peak of this mountain from the other side and back down |
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| The health workers house in Marambe where we slept |
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| Drinking water |
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| Bath time after a hard 7 hour walk up and down the mountain |
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| Sleeping conditions in Marambe |
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| The girls about to start their first MAF marathon run on the Marambe airstrip |
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| A family snap |
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| Artistic! |
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| Jack our health worker at Marambe and his lovely family |
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| Another swim / bath |
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| On our walk from Marambe to Lapalama health center |
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| Typical walking conditions with lots of bridges |
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| The view from Lapalama health center back towards kompiam (several valleys away) |
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| Very sad story of little Nomi. See the MAF Marathon blog if you want to know more |
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| Some of the local at Lapalama |
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| Leaving Lapalama with another river crossing |
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| Lapalama on the hillside in the background - another 5 hours walk back to Kompiam! |
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| MAF Twin Otter visiting Yengisa health center with some VIP's |
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| MAF marathon in Kompiam |
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| Helicopter visit to a very remote part of the province to look for a site for a foot bridge for these people to cross the river |
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| Final location selected for the rope bridge across this river so the people can get to health services |
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| Sunday night fellowship in the Mills house |
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| Time for the ducks to go - yummy. |
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| A day out at the Sau river |
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| The steep cliff walk in the background with Kompiam on top of this hill |
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| Fun in the Sau |
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| Warming up on hot rocks after a cold swim |
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| Duckie love or getting another dinner ready?? |
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| First floor complete of the new Kompiam International School building |
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| MAF Marathoners after a wet run |
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| Think Heather ran the most miles of any one and all the girls achieved their full marathon |
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| The final run with over 136 people doing the run (and one dog) |
