{"id":2500,"date":"2013-08-30T18:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2013-08-30T18:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T18:53:20","slug":"the-view-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/2013\/08\/30\/the-view-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 Of Joel&#8217;s Trip: Here we go!?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2506\" title=\"DSC_7885\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7885.jpg 533w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7885-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7885-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day 2 of Joel&#8217;s Trip: Payed an electricity bill for the first time, got supplies from our market, did 2 hours of French and took care of the boys&#8230;I can do this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2504\" title=\"DSC_7847\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7847.jpg 533w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7847-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7847-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day 3 of Joel&#8217;s Trip: Took care of the boys and that was all I could manage&#8230;how many days are left?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2505\" title=\"DSC_7857\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7857.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7857-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7857-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is not much energy left in my brain as handling life here without Joel is about all I can handle. \u00a0However I can give you a small picture of what we see around here. \u00a0Yesterday as I was up on the roof with the boys as they jumped on the trampoline. \u00a0I started looking around at what I could see from my roof.<\/p>\n<p>So here you go:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2501\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-03-06.30.23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2501 \" title=\"SAMSUNG\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-03-06.30.23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-03-06.30.23.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-03-06.30.23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-03-06.30.23-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The donkey who picks up our garbage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Two goats wondering around on one neighbors roof<\/li>\n<li>A woman siting fanning her coals as she cooked feed corn on her roof.<\/li>\n<li>A colorful display of laundry being blown about in the wind as everyone tried to dry their laundry before the rains came again<\/li>\n<li>Large puddles filling out streets and cars carefully trying to drive around them<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/P1020862.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2509\" title=\"P1020862\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/P1020862.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/P1020862.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/P1020862-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/P1020862-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The unfinished house next door that hasn&#8217;t been touched since our arrival. \u00a0Two trees were growing in the middle of it and trash covered the ground everywhere you look.<\/li>\n<li>A chicken house on the roof of the house across the street.<\/li>\n<li>A pile of bricks for whatever construction project was planned next<\/li>\n<li>The lights of from the fire where the local metal worker slaved away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7944.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2507\" title=\"DSC_7944\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7944.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7944.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7944-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7944-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People huddled together under shade where ever it might be found<\/li>\n<li>The small speaker poking up in the air that sings\/chants to us at any hour of the day\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2502\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-14-13.28.00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2502 \" title=\"SAMSUNG\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-14-13.28.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-14-13.28.00.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-14-13.28.00-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/2013-07-14-13.28.00-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only 8 more days to to<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2503\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7588.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2503  \" title=\"DSC_7588\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/joel-mcmartin\/files\/2013\/08\/DSC_7588.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" 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