The Return. Today marked my first poo since starting my course of anti-biotics. It wasn’t pretty, but it felt like progress. Was I finally on the mend? Whether it was due to our ongoing efforts to socialise more with the villagers, the meeting we had with them, or a combination of the two, we were…

Waterfall Smoke. Another day, another digging session. Raj didn’t come because his back was “paining”, and Jess was ill. The front of the pipeline reached the houses at the top of the village, which belonged to the family of the lowest caste. They mostly kept to themselves, I’m not sure if by choice or due…

Full Monty. My nausea after the cigarette yesterday continued as I woke up, and I reluctantly skipped another morning dig. It turned out they didn’t need me anyway, as I was called down at half ten with the announcement that the pipeline was finished. Everyone was understandably overjoyed and we took a group photo of…