After an unusually long and very dry season, it's now the rains that aren't planning to leave any time soon. As a result many roads are not in the best condition, like the one we took last week on our way to Jinggu. We left Simao at 11 am and arrived at our destination at 11 pm. Total distance covered: about 150 km. After having done a number of visits in Jinggu, we continued to Zhenyuan. Our first contacts in that region date back about two years ago when we gave a training on coffee cultivation. The local farmers gain their income mainly from growing corn, tobacco and rearing pigs. Some village communities and local farmers have taken up coffee cultivation as a main cash crop. The first harvest from these villages are expected next year. And where we started with muddy roads, the last field visit of this trip led us to this river, only to be crossed by a bridge, just wide enough to let one car pass at a time.
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Nathinee
2/11/2010 08:40:01 pm
Hi Wouter,
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