I spent the morning visiting with the finance office of AFC while Sherie did some shopping.
During the afternoon we drove for an hour and a half to the equator (picture of Jolly, Sherie, Dora and me), watched the water swirl in one direction (see picture of flower swirling) when standing north of the equator and the other direction when standing south of the equator and not swirl at all directly on the equator. Having heard of this phenomenon before seeing it did nothing to disappoint the actual experience.
A short distance from the equator we turned onto another dirt road and drove for 4 km to a children's home that we'd learned about yesterday that is run by the Catholic Church. The home has 62 acres of fertile land, but not enough money to plow it all for growing crops to feed their wards. They have rooms for up to 2 volunteers to stay with them for 6 months to a year. While there, I touched something and got a rash all over my hand. The fun of travel.
During the afternoon we drove for an hour and a half to the equator (picture of Jolly, Sherie, Dora and me), watched the water swirl in one direction (see picture of flower swirling) when standing north of the equator and the other direction when standing south of the equator and not swirl at all directly on the equator. Having heard of this phenomenon before seeing it did nothing to disappoint the actual experience.
A short distance from the equator we turned onto another dirt road and drove for 4 km to a children's home that we'd learned about yesterday that is run by the Catholic Church. The home has 62 acres of fertile land, but not enough money to plow it all for growing crops to feed their wards. They have rooms for up to 2 volunteers to stay with them for 6 months to a year. While there, I touched something and got a rash all over my hand. The fun of travel.
3 comments:
That is so cool!
Katie,
A fellow LC alum once penned a book titled "East of the Equator". Am curious if he got it right? What is east of teh equator?
Dave
Katie,
I was just catching up on your blogs. Wow! what a wonderful project. I can't wait to hear more.
Be safe.
Sally
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