By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under united kingdom
Where the sun shines bright...
Took a nice short trip from Glasgow and had a pleasant afternoon on the banks of Loch Lomond. I really need to stop going to beautiful places by myself. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: biking, glasgow, loch lomond, peace, scotland, village
Adam’s in the kitchen with tongba
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
The best local hooch I've had
One of my last nights in Sikkim, I paid a visit to a neighbor family that serves up alcohol from time to time. I sat and sipped tongba (above), a local “cocktail” made from fermented millet.
The millet is served in a bamboo mug with a bamboo straw. You keep the whole thing warm by constantly topping off the drink with hot water.
My hosts were enthralled with the fact that I was enthralled with the whole affair. One of the best nights I had there. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: bhuriakop, culture, food, india, photography, sikkim, tongba, village
Madagascar’s rare, unheralded flora
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under madagascar
Last fall, I was in Madagascar and toured a forest preserve that protects a rare tree, call the sohisika. Above is an unpublished photo gallery form the trip, with botanists from the Missouri Botanical Garden, which runs the preserve.
(I know this is a flashback to the fall, but better late than never.)
Tags: conservation, culture, environment, journalism, madagascar, Schizolaena tampoketsana, sohisika, village
Up with the sun, up with the cattle
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Good day, cows
Village life in the deserts of Rajasthan.
Tags: cattle, cow, india, jaisalmer, photography, poverty, rajasthan, village
The simple (read: poor) life in southern Madagascar
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under madagascar
A typical roadside hut in southern Madagascar
Tags: bush, emerging nations, ft dauphin, madagascar, photography, poverty, rural, village
I love the smell of fish guts and fresh vegetables
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under kenya
Kenya’s major cities boast gleaming shopping centers and 24-hour big box marts (detailed previously).
Bush villages however rely on a more traditional option: sprawling open air markets.
I visited Ahero‘s weekly market last week to see and smell and taste. There, I met Tom Odero, a 56-year-old retired Army sergeant major, who is active in politics and now farms rice in his quiet days.
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Tags: ahero, drought, economy, farming, fish, kenya, kisumu, market, mwai kibaki, nakumatt, photography, politics, raila odinga, village
