We entertained ourselves with things like puzzles....
and board games and reading some of the many, many books they have there along with magazines from the 1970's and on!
This is what we cooked on... and sat by when we were cold...
I felt a little like Laura Ingalls Wilder, minus the long skirt and apron.... and the braids too I guess...
This is the main drag of Bokindini. A number of abandoned buildings and quite a few houses and kiosks. Most with cute gardens. The people native to the mountains of Papua are known for their gardening skills.
a couple kiosks including one selling clothes.
This is how we showered. We heated up water on the wood stove and then hauled it to the bathroom. Okay, there were cold water taps in the bathroom and at the end of the day, if there had been sun, there was some solar heated water... You lower the bucket, fill it, and then raise it again. Then you stand under it and turn the "shower head" and you have a nice warm shower for about 4-5 minutes.
We had a couple men from a nearby village helping us out with boiling rain water to drink, getting the fire in the wood stove going in the morning, keeping us stocked with wood for the stove and doing dishes. One of them had a rather hilarious t-shirt... They were really very sweet men...
We entertained ourselves with things like puzzles....
and board games and reading some of the many, many books they have there along with magazines from the 1970's and on!
This is what we cooked on... and sat by when we were cold...
I felt a little like Laura Ingalls Wilder, minus the long skirt and apron.... and the braids too I guess...
This is the main drag of Bokindini. A number of abandoned buildings and quite a few houses and kiosks. Most with cute gardens. The people native to the mountains of Papua are known for their gardening skills.
a couple kiosks including one selling clothes.
This is how we showered. We heated up water on the wood stove and then hauled it to the bathroom. Okay, there were cold water taps in the bathroom and at the end of the day, if there had been sun, there was some solar heated water... You lower the bucket, fill it, and then raise it again. Then you stand under it and turn the "shower head" and you have a nice warm shower for about 4-5 minutes.
We had a couple men from a nearby village helping us out with boiling rain water to drink, getting the fire in the wood stove going in the morning, keeping us stocked with wood for the stove and doing dishes. One of them had a rather hilarious t-shirt... They were really very sweet men...
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It's so cool to see recent pictures of Bokondini. I was an MK that went to the school there in the 80's.
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