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Road Worker
Road Worker
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Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2008

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On the same road in Zambia

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I still find it amazing how fluent people are in English. Most rural people over 45 in Botswana have only a smattering of English. Here, everyone we have met speaks it very well, with few misunderstandings. We met a man on the road from Serenje, when had given up driving, stumped by cramps and a pothole that took up most of the road. Fine in a sensible car, but a Chico? Hmm… Se we stopped, pondered, stretched, rubbed our bums, and this man on a bicycle stopped for a chat. He was very pleasant and turned out to be the Governor of the local PTA. In a field beside the road, full of lush green grass, there were hundreds of black mounds, smooth and well shaped. I asked Mr. PTA, and he said they were termite mounds. There was a road crew working just down from where we stopped (that is, they seemed to be working close to the road, so I call them a road crew, but I didn’t see much road improvement around them…) so, while J talked to Mr. PTA, we allowed the workers to ogle us. Vaguely flattering. Although we know it’s our novelty value more than anything else that makes us attractive.

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02/17/2008 09:08:19 PM
Fantastic shot - love this perspective.
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02/16/2008 05:27:23 PM
An excellent photograph and an even more excellent journal entry. You really should publish all of this.
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01/06/2008 10:59:56 PM
Great work! Strong Comp!
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01/06/2008 10:25:40 AM
Terrific composition and editing.
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