Saturday, June 4, 2011

All things bright and beautiful

We woke up to the monkeys outside our window


Then we hopped on a bus to Kowdipally


We rode for two hours like this:
no air conditioning.


We arrived to find this:
My parents will be so happy...John Deer is everywhere


This is a view of the town...
We were told that the people in the middle of the street were communists doing a march and sit-in to change conditions in the town


As much as this does NOT fit with the theme of this post I felt it was necessary for you to see some of the conditions here...
I really don't need to comment more than that 


Now on to things more lovely...



After arriving in Kowdipally we drove out to the rural villages.
We were there with one of our partner organizations, Carped.
They have a polt of land they want to develop into a place people can come and learn how to garden and build strong mud huts.
This guy was just chillin' in the middle of nowhere sleeping under a tree


This is Seth, one of our country directors


And this is an off-roading auto...pretty hardcore.


THIS is the plot of land.
We thought it would be a little more cleared than it is now...
I guess we have a lot of work to do



After going to the plot of land we went to visit a village 
The people of the Ambardi tribe are probably some of the most amazing, and interesting people I'll ever meet







I swear we all look like giants next to the people here...they are so tiny!








Making Chapatti





This woman's wrinkles spoke of a long difficult life...I think she was the chieftess of the clan 
 and I could not get enough of her!








This man REALLY wanted a picture with his goat









This woman had quite the personality....smiling and talking to everyone in the tribe
She was beautiful






It was a beautiful day with beautiful people to learn about


With love,
A

2 comments:

  1. Hi--it's Elora's friend again. These pictures are absolutely AMAZING. The colors they wear are fantastic!! My favorite is the little girl with her chin in her hands. Unbelievably captivating. I could look at her for hours. Thanks for the good work you are doing there!!

    Julie

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  2. Hi Julie! I really loved going out to this village and I'm glad you liked my pictures. Aren't those colors great? I can't believe they are that dressed up on a daily basis and yet they live in mud huts. That little girl was darling....she would not smile at all...even when we made faces at her..she was not having it! Thanks for reading our blog..it means a lot that you are!

    Ale

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