Thanks for that Wayne.
Dung will be fine, as long as it is dried. It is used all over India
(for instance, probably many other places as well). I should think
that gas is pretty pricey and getting pricier.
And, speaking of "gas": it's about to go over GBP1 per litre in the
UK. That's USD6.70 per little US gallon ...
Chris
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On 25 Apr 2006, at 13:59, Wayne Culberson wrote:
> Yes, it kind of makes you feel bad in some ways, as for them to
> give up a
> llama or a sheep, or even a chicken to feed us is quite a sacrifice
> for
> them. And for some of us, it's not like we need the food :-) What
> makes it
> hard, is they are so gracious to us, that they will feed us before
> they feed
> their own children. Sometimes there aren't enough dishes for
> eveyone, nor
> meat for everyone, so in those places we just eat a little off the
> plate,
> and give the rest to the kids.
>
> You're right on the fuel as well. There aren't many trees or bushes
> in the
> mountain areas from which to gather firewood. I suppose that's one
> reason
> you never see any kind of heat in the homes, even though the
> temperatures
> often fall below freezing. I remember in one area of the altiplano we
> visited a few years ago, they were burning llama dung as fuel for
> cooking
> (boiling soup - okay it wouldn't work well for the under ground
> method of
> cooking :-).
> In the towns where trucks are able to go, some people do you use
> the small
> tanks of natural gas for cooking, or for lights where they don't have
> electricity.
> Wayne
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