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Oct25th2007

A village weekend…

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on October 25, 2007

. Tags: clan, coffee, cooking, fire, hut, kaubasis, photos, pmv, village, waraguma.

…at the “Hut”!

The Hut

Eli left yesterday morning (Thu) and I will be PMV’ing today.

Two nights at “Waraguma” in Kaubasis!

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- the clan!
- washing in the river.
- sitting by the fire.
- no chairs
- earth and mud
- coffee…
- visitors and visiting.
- happy faces
- Eli’s cooking!
- the elders
- clean crisp air
- the sounds
- greeting
- story-telling

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