A group of US Congressional staffers came to visit our project yesterday. We took them out to 2 of our villages - Lamteungoh (again!) and Gurah. Lameteungoh is on the coast and Gurah is located about a mile inland. The top of the mosque from Lamteoungoh was ripped off by the tsunami and carried inland and eventually landed in Gurah. Another reminder of the power of the tsunami.
We first went to Lamteungoh and had lunch at the Geucik's house. The Geucik grilled up 2 whole fish and made a really good fish curry. Some of the staffers were more than willing to dig in, while others were put off by the fish head and swarming flies. Oh well, their loss because the fish was pretty damn tasty.
Then we took them to Gurah. Since it was a bunch of whippers snappers (most of them, and relative to our other visitors), we decided it was a good idea to take them on a long hike under the tropical sun along an irrigation ditch that our project had helped to clean. The ditch meanders for about 1.5 miles and eventually ends at the base of the mountain. We didn't quite make it to the base of the mountain but it was still quite a scene - hill staffers in khakis and dress shoes navigating through knee high grass and mud.
More pictures from the trip
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