I know I promised an entry about beer - I'm still doing just a little more research. Instead, you get Segundo,and the entry below. He works 8 or 9 hours a day and earns 6 dollars - a day. He's 56 years old, been a campesino all his life. He's about 5'3", The strongest man I have ever known, the guy is a horse. Could outwork 50 the likes of me. I don't even try to keep up with him.
I tell him people earn 10 dollars an hour in the states, and he says, yeah, but what do you pay for rent and light and water? He's got no complaints.
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on the road to chaupiguarangui
In Rumipamba
Rumipamba
peñaherrera
Peñaherrera kids
hacienda ruins
padre rumi
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- Roger Lurie
- Cahuasqui, Imbabura, Ecuador
- rdlurie@yahoo.com / / Born 3.26.55 / / Mid life crisis began approximately 1991, with any luck will continue for next 20 or 30 years. / / Peace Corps Volunteer Ecuador Omnibus 97 Sustainable Agriculture 2007-2009. Lived and worked in Salinas de Guaranda in 2010, building inground greenhouses (panqar huyu)in high Andes communities (3500 meters and up) In late 2010 I bought a small piece of land and an old house in a little pueblo called Cahuasqui, in Imbabura province.
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on the road to chaupiguarangui
In Rumipamba
Rumipamba
peñaherrera
Peñaherrera kids
hacienda ruins
padre rumi
3 comments:
Lori & I went to friends today out a bit from us and still way in the country. Drank some beer and listened to some john Prine courtesy of a 79 VW Vanagon names "Olivia" in cherry condition. Thought about how poor the folks were that have the half million dollar palaces and the pricvacy fences, suburbia and the false riches...then looked around and saw how much better it was to be in el campo. Real wealth does not come from a fat wallet...I grabbed another beer and drank it down...
Nos Vemos...
Colin
Just looked at the flickr site with the pics. Great to see what you are seeing. Nice to know where you are, too. It looks like you lost some weight... drink more beer.
Hey Roger,
I was pretty excited when you were talking about building raised beds. Now it sounds like maybe you will be teaching basic farming and sanitation before moving on to the more advanced techniques. You have probably already heard but, Antioch campus in Yellow Springs is closing due to low enrollement. We are in a drought here. Watering 4 to 8 hours a day. Keep your rows staright. I'll talk to you later. Brian S.
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