tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post2276894721064191326..comments2024-03-28T01:19:35.439-04:00Comments on Travel with Kevin and Ruth: Two sides of the river...Kevin Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05795747155781311686noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-55063759594823094372013-12-09T09:20:52.612-05:002013-12-09T09:20:52.612-05:00Ruth looks so relaxed. I've been following yo...Ruth looks so relaxed. I've been following your adventure but am a little behind. We (daughter,granddaughter,and I) are wrapping up a two week Florida vacation. We are presently staying at Disney's Animal Kingdom and are enjoying seeing animals outside our hotel room balcony. Kinsey loves the baby "raffes" as she calls them. Tomorrow we head back home to PA, snow, and cold weather. We sure will miss the 80's here. I agree that to be so close and not get to know what life for others is like just makes one to wonder more about them.Connie and Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324923679408549696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-46154608135761818232013-12-08T22:10:08.252-05:002013-12-08T22:10:08.252-05:00Isnt poor a relative term. to bill gates I am dirt...Isnt poor a relative term. to bill gates I am dirt poor, to these people I would be very wealthy. this is their life and what they know, personally dont believe they think in the terms of poor or not poor, it just is. as you said would be nice to be able to talk to them and find out about their way of life and their cultureDonna W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05019476423396804316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-5130381100281422482013-12-08T20:52:38.176-05:002013-12-08T20:52:38.176-05:00I've seen that lifestyle in Guatemala, India, ...I've seen that lifestyle in Guatemala, India, Ecuador, China .... the list goes on. We lived like that in the early days of North America, too. We're just so spoiled with our showers, tubs, running and hot water, washing machines, dishwashers .......mps2343https://www.blogger.com/profile/06059253597064329074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-70990787515873412562013-12-08T19:59:34.946-05:002013-12-08T19:59:34.946-05:00Saw the same type of river use in rural areas of E...Saw the same type of river use in rural areas of Egypt. Don't know how disease isn't more common place, I guess living like that give the inhabitants a very hardy immune system. Paul and Marti Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332654035718777839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7171307653508307040.post-53665553011755521492013-12-08T15:10:37.277-05:002013-12-08T15:10:37.277-05:00Howdy R&K,
Joyce's daughter & her husb...Howdy R&K,<br />Joyce's daughter & her husband make annual mission-trips to a Tanzanian village, where the people have to WALK a mile to a crocodile-infested river, where they fill ANY TYPE of container, with the filthy water, then carry in back and use it or drink it... Karen wants to bring empty milk jugs to them, someway, because they'll make that trip for just a pop-bottle-full... Joyce 'strings' gallon-milk-jugs on 'hay-twine' and hangs them in the barn; saving them for WHAT?? Some of the strings are 50 feet long !!! I guess Karen could hold them out of the airplane window, because they don't weigh much !!!! <br />The Communist really did a 'job' on Angola and I guess still are !!! The Cubans were the real 'destroyers' of life in Angola !!! They may have snipers watching the<br />'rich-foreigners across the river too, also !!! Don't think I'd want to go there !!!butterbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175812283517686524noreply@blogger.com