One of the friendly village shop-keepers. She is also a high-school student.


Some of the village boys were taking this turtle to the Catholic Church in town. One of the priests pays for turtles in order to use them for medicine, they told me...PLEASE don't make the grave mistake of equating Christianity with the Catholic Church!!!

Kibrom, my friend and Christian brother, helped me out as translator when visiting the village. It was very good of him to take time off to spend a few days there with me.

Some of the village boys!