Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wendy, Interesting vignettes. Now, why would the farmers be growing corn? Corns requires lots of fertilizer, and water to grow (at least the variety that is grown in North America) compared to their traditional crops. The soil in that part of the world seems rather poor when I rode up the KKH consisting mostly of rocks, more rocks and sand. Nathan, I guess they load their airplanes just like they load trucks which is to the brim and more. Regards, Spencer On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:24, Wendy Thurman wrote: > It's been a while since I have posted any images. I've spent some time in > Lashkar Gah where we operate a teaching farm for local farmers. The area > is > extremely volatile; in the second image the person on the hill is a Taliban > spotter. This area is as spooky as any I experienced in Iraq; the province > is home to most of the insurgent violence and produces the lion's share of > the world's opium: > > http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1001-full.html > > http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1003-full.html