{"id":2116,"date":"2013-07-12T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2018-09-15T23:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T23:28:50","slug":"july-12th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/07\/12\/july-12th-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"July 12th 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Up 5:45, down for breakfast by 6:00. Rain last night sounded worst than it was. \u00a0Rain was rather light by the time we got up. \u00a0Moof balls for breakfast. \u00a0They are about 4″ diameter bread deep fat fried, slightly sweet. \u00a0They gave me 3, managed to eat 2 and a half. \u00a0The team started some of the planning stuff and I headed to the hill for an Internet connection. \u00a0Signal was good and Antje was still up so we texted a while. \u00a0I think that was the longest period of time in which we hadn’t talked with each other. \u00a0It started to rain (lightly) so I started to head back down and met with Ian on his way up to get me. \u00a0We went down to join the group to plan the day. \u00a0Not being able to be in the schools yet, we were attempting to get as many things done as possible. \u00a0They managed to create the mounts for the 12V sockets that will be screwed to what they are calling the battery box. \u00a0The battery box contains in addition to the battery, the circuit breakers that are used as switches for the lights. \u00a0We did put together the breaker boxes also. \u00a0There are two schools getting the solar panels installed on this trip so everything is doubled. \u00a0There is an issue about when we will be allowed in the schools so next week might be difficult for any forward progress. \u00a0Lunch was zebu and rice with shredded carrots. \u00a0You also need to be careful with the rice, it sometimes has some sand in it. \u00a0I had a bit of a headache so after lunch it was cool enough in my tent that I took an aspirin and took a bit of nap. \u00a0Felt a bit better. \u00a0We all jumped into the vehicles about 2:00 and headed into Kinjavato proper to talk with the mayor. \u00a0Nice guy that just wants to be included in what is going on in his town. \u00a0From there, back over to the original school to talk with the guy that is in charge of the schools. \u00a0We wanted permission to get into one of the schools early, the other school has national exams next week. \u00a0Back to KAFS (where we are staying) by a bit after 3:00. \u00a0Things were winding down a bit so I pulled out the iPad and managed to get a connection from the loft (where the tents are). \u00a0I exchanged several text messages with Antje and even managed to clear out my mailbox. \u00a0Libby came up with a problem about her macbook charger, couldn’t fix it but she does have other ways to charge it. \u00a0Went down to the lunch area and played a game of ping pong with one of the locals. \u00a0Dinner didn’t serve zebu, it was beans and rice. \u00a0Tasted fine, but was too much. \u00a0We also had fresh bananas again. \u00a0We all chatted after dinner for a bit and headed back to the loft. Sounds carry so well here, I can hear a movie playing somewhere. Might take another bucket shower yet tonight, but maybe not. \u00a0It is 7:15 and already feel like I am getting tired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Up 5:45, down for breakfast by 6:00. Rain last night sounded worst than it was. \u00a0Rain was rather light by the time we got up. \u00a0Moof balls for breakfast. \u00a0They are about 4″ diameter bread deep fat fried, slightly sweet. \u00a0They gave me 3, managed to eat 2 and a half. \u00a0The team … Continue reading “July 12th 2013”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-madagascar2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjunk.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}