The Band
Bands A through J didn't work. So we settled on BandK! Here's the story in pictures so far of BandK. Hum along and maybe you can be in the Band some day!
The Band
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Imagine a school with no toilet!
Language learning is hard work!
Medical clinics - waiting patients
Mothers are the same the world over!
Training Center - cementing courtyard
Village mothers labor for their kids
Xmas gifts - driving up the river
Teaching English to village teachers
Warm hospitality of mountain hosts
New photos as of September 12, 2005!
2000 Shoeboxes distributed
Dancing with students and teachers
Warm welcome to village school
Stufdents in traditional dress waiting for gifts
Family members come to watch gift giving
Overjoyed to receive a gift
What's a crayon?
Don't eat erasers or swallow gum!
Caravan of shoeboxes
New school inaugurated
Celebration feast for new school and gifts
Gifts of love build bridges
Photos as of July 15, 2005!
Greetings from the mountaintop
Riding horses to the village
Rugged trail up the mountain
A herd of yak
Yak slaughtered to honor guests
Last part of the trek in darkness
Welcomed into village home
House filled to overflowing with relatives
Midnight yak feast
Slept the first night in a shed
Yum! Goat for breakfast
Hiking to another village
Mountaintop "protein drink"
Learning to spin wool
Villages look at pictures of our kids
Meeting our supper
Slept like a baby!
Dancing around the fire
Fireside chats
Farewell to hidden valley friends
Homeward bound
Photos as of January 31, 2005!
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Family reunion for Cmas
Emily's Uncle
Fording the cold stream
Cmas gifts for mountain kids
Mountainside phone call
Getting to know the village women
Partner overseas construction
Hike down the mountain
Stuck again!
Hiking to John's village
Temporary school location
Make yourself comfortable
Veiled bride on horseback
Micro hydroelectric power for school
Village school project
Model community toilet
Visit to Emily's village
Mountain-style construction
Warm hats for poor scholars
Mountain mama
Pictures from RF's recent trip (posted June 8, 2004)
Pictures of the trip to R's home (posted 8 March 2004)
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R's parents beside smokey fire
R's mother and brothers feasting
Pictures as of January 1, 2004
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Below are pictures from April 4, 2003, and previous:
Hiking above Y city - rapeseed
Pictures as of January 15, 2003.
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approaching a minority village
bamboo shaded home of minority people
beautiful barren mtns of minority region
cow welcomes us to progressive home with windows
exploring capital city of minority autonomous region
family heading home after day in mkt town
fording river with host as guide
from top of 600-year-old gate in Minority Region Capital
frost covered highland village
fulfilled hikers in region of minority people
gathering around brazier by progressive home w windows,bricks,antenna
hiking up to the minority village
horse cart passes through mkt town enroute home to hills
kathy giving candy to village kids
kathy munches on fresh buckwheat cake new friends eat candy
kristin learning from the experts
lowland minority villages can grow rice
minority men beside their fields
mother child next to us on trip to mtns
nolee with her groom and attendant
our host guides us back to the market town
outside the wall of mud-packed home
passing a village along the road
potatoes corn buckwheat grown at higher altitudes
practice makes perfect spinning wool
road follows path of river below
sharing a snack with our host and guide
sunset as we approach the mkt town
supper around brazier in mkt town
ten hour train ride home from minority region
walking is primary means of transport
walking through minority village
will kristiin in deep conversation while hiking
will prepares to shoot photogenic cow
woman carrying child along road
Previous to January 15:
Just round the lips and you'll get it!
Making new friends is easy here
Traveling along a mile-high lake
View from our window on a typical overcast day
View from train going into the mountains
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