A normal day involves networking with people in the province town, preparing for interviews. Motorbiking 45 minutes or more through rice fields to meet some villagers. Sometimes the interviews work great other times not so much. I have interviewed around 25-30 people so far but didn't record all of them and not going to use all of them so want to get more indepth deeper interviews.
Health is a different concept here and it is tricky to figure how to ask about it especially when my target audience doesn't think much about it. Also, everyone is in the field planting rice so I have about 2 hrs a day when I can meet with people 5-7pm so I get a lot of riding in twilight. It is super beautiful here and people are being so kind and wonderful. Here are some pics from the last few days:
riding back from interviews
the snake I ate when I was introducing myself to the village leader
my research assistant
the temple from one of the villages
a traditional healer and his buffalo: traditional medicine is still used, often combined with modern treatment
More later,
Hugs, N
PS Kai Your pictures look beautiful I am glad you are having a great time!!!!
