I started this post on my computer three days ago, before I realized my communication would be limited to a 2G connection on my phone. I’m now frantically trying to transcribe it to my phone (since transferring it directly is apparently no straightforward process), before my computer dies.

I’m back on the grid! Well, I’m sort of back on the grid. I’m typing this on my phone, and hopefully, if the winds are blowing in the right direction, sending it over a 2G connection. My phone, laptop, and camera were all charged here at the house, using electricity supplied by solar panels. This is in a house with no flushing toilet, no means of communication with the outside world, and only recently, running water (which, by the way, is supplied by a solar powered well pump). The house itself is a concrete slab, with cement block walls, a few rooms divided by thin (I think wood) walls, and a tin roof. Nothing more. There is no bathrooms, only a latrine (actually, three; two are full), sink, and shower, all separate, and free standing in the yard. And the friggin’ place is solar powered. I offer this as context for the rest of our trip, why the the Solar Center is here, and why we’re here.

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