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We live in Yangon, Myanmar. These are some stories and photos of our lives here.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

CSMonitor "Modern Parenting" post

Christian Science Monitor "Modern Parenting" blog http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2014/0409/The-youngest-babysitters-African-youth-aptly-care-for-baby-siblings Post by Tim May

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Tim's friend, U Khun Maung Myint, a tree farmer

Reversing deforestation is important to him. He has planted several thousand food trees.

Stilt village, Inle Lake

Getting longyi, Bogyoke Market

Heading to festival, Aungban

Yeah, this is a cool car in Yangon.

Avocado orchards, Pakhone Village

Southern Shan, from the air

Approaching Heho

Shwedagon

Tahra's cookin' Myanmar style!

Came out good

Advice

Monkey on the road from Aweil North County, NBG

He dashed into the trees when I got out to snap a pic.

Community veggie garden, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

A member of the Help Yourself Women's Group waters a bed of okra seedlings

Farm kids, Kuajok

These kids live on a 60-acre farm with several other related families. Their dad has more than 1,000 cattle and grows peanuts and sorghum for market.

"Bridge" the compound dog in Kuajok

Nicest dog in South Sudan. He likes to lick my feet after I go running in the evenings. I am threatening to bring him home with me.

Coconut Palm, Warrap

It's orange coconut season in South Sudan; lot of kids walking around eating them.

Nyiel-Abiel Primary School, Warrap

A school built by my company in South Sudan

Juba moth

Found this moth in my bathroom in Juba this morning. I put her outside.

At Peace Restaurant, Juba

White Bull is a Juba beer brewed from River Nile water...it has healing properties

Hammerhead Storks kissing, South Sudan Hotel, Bor

The Hamerkop's behavior is unlike other birds. One unusual feature is that up to ten birds join in "ceremonies" in which they run circles around each other, all calling loudly, raising their crests, fluttering their wings. Another is "false mounting", in which one bird stands on top of another and appears to mount it, but they may not be mates and do not copulate. Their nests are huge, up to 1.5 meters across, built with as many as 10,000 sticks.

Monitor This

Big Monitor Lizard, Jonglei

Me and My Moringa

I found moringa trees in Bor - edible miracle trees that can purify water

Marial Bai Primary School

Student in afternoon class at Marial Bai Primary School, NBG

Juba Model Primary School

Kids in a classroom. Schools aren't well equipped here. All children want to attend but some families can't afford the fees.

Assistant Head Mistress, Juba Model Primary School

We have started a correspondence with Gerald Adams Elementary School in Key West, FL.

Tether Bottle at Juba Model Primary School

No money for tether balls, so the boys tie plastic water bottles (upper left) half-filled with sand and kick back/forth

Agor Community Vegetable Garden

Beautiful garden in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr el Ghazal - 50 members - growing guava, kale, pumpkins, melons, okra, onions, tomatoes, peppers - not a weed in sight

Canoeing Across the Bahr el Jebel River, Bor Town, Jonglei

Dinka cattle herders returning to their camp across the river, Bor Town

Kids selling nuts from trays on their head

Juba kids selling bags of nuts on my street

Bricked-in borehole, Marial Bai, NBG State

Kids getting water from a borehole

Extraordinary map of Africa, by GRYFFYN

Amazing Africa Map by Gryffyn M. May - notice the heart on Sudan

Tukul Roof

Tukul roof rising from sorghum field, Gogrial West

Babel FC and Gudele Football Club

These guys beat us 3-1, very good team

Sausage Tree in Juba

Kigelia Africana - the fruits weigh 5-12 kgs and are poisonous. If you hang one inside your hut it will ward off whirlwinds. Wood from this tree is used to make xylophones that produce beautiful notes.

Marabou Storks, Bor, Jonglei State

These sub-Saharan storks can get up to five feet tall and have the longest wingspan of any bird in the world along with Andean Condors, about 10.5 feet. They eat baby crocodiles, among other things.

Jebel Mountain rock face

Tree growing from a rock on the cliffs

Tiny bunnies

Bunnies recently born at the guesthouse, Juba

Heading north over the Nile from Juba

White Nile from the air near Juba

Kid goat?

Goat I think

Giggling children, Twic County, Warrap

Inquisitive youngsters in Twic

Four distressed barrels, Aweil

My favorite barrels

Village in Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Dusty village, WarWar

Gum acacia

Gum acacia resin on a sieve, Wanjok Village

Mango Madness

Mangoes at the compound in Aweil

Tukul

Traditional Sudanese home in Rup-Dhal Village, Northern Bahr el Ghazal

Oops

Barge goof on the White Nile, Juba

Goats in the road

Goats walking by my house. They sound very human when they cry.

Art by Tingatinga

Cool painting in my room at Hotel Swankara, Nairobi

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Cows in front of the compound, Kuajok, Warrap State

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