Monday, September 22, 2008

Making roofs from straw

Back at the site I saw something else that was strange – people sitting in great piles of dried grass, hacking away at it, then tying it together. Some animals like to eat dried grass – humans, it seems, use it on their houses to keep the rain out. Actually it looks pretty cool, in more ways than one, and blends in well with the landscape. I can see these builders care about the environment.

And those brick making machines – well, they just keep going…

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

More mud baths




Each week when I go for my mud bath I see new things. This time there was a new building with a grass roof. It looks straight at Kilimanjaro. During the night I had a look inside. It’s big enough for me to sleep in, if I could get through the door!












And I’m not the only one taking baths in this place. One man seemed to enjoy his outdoor bath as much as I do. We're not so different after all!