Day Two

Today we went to the beach, which is about a 25 minute walk from VOH. The slope of the beach down to the water was quite steep. Taking each additional step into the water gets you significantly deeper. And the undertow from the retreating waves was significant. But the biggest difference from this beach and other beaches that I've been at was the trash in the water. Most waves would crash around you and retreat leaving part of a black trash bag stuck to your leg. Or maybe a discarded cookie bag or other undesirable item. But it was fun anyway. And on the walk there we went through an extremely poor village. Later we learned that we took a road that is actually more off of the beaten path than we were supposed to go.

Tonight we've been working in the computer lab again. It's now after midnight, but the electricity is on and the room is cool, so we're pretty much in paradise. We came up with a plan today to take wireless internet access from the school building to the other end of campus, which is several hundred yards away. I've been looking at instructions for making our own antennas using used metal cans (i.e. pringles cans or coffee cans). You can look at Cantennas for more details. In this way we can make directional antennas that would carry the signals greater distances. Hopefully we'll get to try that out tomorrow, as long as we can find a couple of cans in trash.