Amu fo haan manu

Amu fo haan manu

Amu, the preacher who lived with us, loved those chickens. Here he'd call them and they'd follow.

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Hili ai

Hili ai

Not long after we got there our host father asked me to come along as they "hili ai" - gather...

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Tuur halimar

Tuur halimar

All PC ET knows this one. Tuur halimar is the national pastime. Just chillin'.

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Girls gone wild

Girls gone wild

These neighborhood girls were sitting atop this burned out angunna and I just had to take their picture....

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Trav's office

Trav's office

Across the street from Bek's office was mine. An old building that housed the education department. ...

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Bek's office

Bek's office

Bek was partnered with Senyor Feliciano in this building. We were invited to a party the first week we...

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First Supper

First Supper

This was Kuku's first meal in Same. A big 'ol bowl of rice. Look at her ribs, though. Ai cuidado!

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Bulak!

Bulak!

Crazy. Rummy Timor is what we called it. Sometimes Bek would pull ahead, sometimes I would. Hours of...

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Goin' Crazy!

Goin' Crazy!

We'd play rummy when we were bored. We kept score. We were in the tens of thousands when we left.

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Mountain stream

Mountain stream

We discovered this cold mountain water on a hike up the mountain. It ran to a huge fish farm. I was...

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The Holy Catholic Church

The Holy Catholic Church

The big church in Same. On Sundays they all squeezed into the wooden pews, those who didn't fit crowded...

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Mt. Kablaki

Mt. Kablaki

The beautiful mountain in our backyard. Some days I'd be feeling down and then I notice the twin peaks overlooking the town. Then I'd cheer up.

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Proud mom

Proud mom

When Kuku went to sleep, she really went to sleep. Bek's holding her in our bedroom. There's the...

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Coo-coo for coconuts

Coo-coo for coconuts

All around, wild coconut trees. The locals would pick up fallen nuts and cut 'em open with machetes or...

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Kulu

Kulu

Jackfruit, that is. These amazing fruits grew all over and the locals ate them raw or cooked them up...

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Biker Chicks

Biker Chicks

Our host family's chickens were loose all day (it was the goal of some volunteers to teach them about...

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tired pup

tired pup

One of the first days we had Kuku in Same, we took a walk up a road we'd never taken before. Kuku...

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soccer training

soccer training

You maybe can't tell but there was a collision there in the middle of the picture. Bekah took it during...

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