Phase 2 - Community - Miruru


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March 23rd 2007
Published: March 23rd 2007
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Kids dancing in Miruru After 2 days at Borneo Paradise Resort chilling out…..well trying, as we had to use that opportunity to clean clothes and get ready for our next project - sort food rations and tools etc… Anyway we headed to Miruru for the community Phase: a small village about a 5 hour drive south of Kota Kinnabalu. The Village had little running water and a few houses with no electrici... Read Full Entry



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Ice CreamIce Cream
Ice Cream

Me and La La after the Ice Cream van cam to the village - eating melon ice cream - such a luxury !!!
Our Neighbours.Our Neighbours.
Our Neighbours.

The pigs that lived under the village hall...
HOT AND SWEATY!!HOT AND SWEATY!!
HOT AND SWEATY!!

Carrying 20k bags of aggregate up to the source of the river - shattered!!
Kids in the hall....Kids in the hall....
Kids in the hall....

Making Bracelets with the village kids..
More BraceletsMore Bracelets
More Bracelets

La la and Dave entertaining with bracelets....
Melted Buckets..Melted Buckets..
Melted Buckets..

Woops - never put hot ash in plastic buckets .... filling the long drop aka..poo pit with hot ash to reduce the stink but being blonde we never completed the task!!!
The VillagersThe Villagers
The Villagers

Villagers watching the sports day..
The boysThe boys
The boys

Winners of the boys two legged race.
Completing the dam!!Completing the dam!!
Completing the dam!!

After we filled the dam we discovered the piping was getting crushed so we had to empty them - move the pipe and start again.....trial and error!!!!
Poring Hot SpringsPoring Hot Springs
Poring Hot Springs

My birthday - a day out to poring hot springs just below Mount Kinabalu.



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