The End?

So tomorrow we leave camp, Lake Bogoria and the village of Sandai behind to return ultimately to the 'relative comfort' of a 'Western' existence. One where we almost take computers and advanced mobile phones for granted plus expect water to appear at the twist of a tap. A far cry from these present circumstances.

In terms of aforementioned emotions there is a tinge of sadness at having to leave a place behind but I fully realise that this is not 'my' place (if indeed a place can belong to anybody). I am acutely aware that my own culture and the surrounding culture are incrongruent although less, by degrees, than when arriving.

In terms of the work itself then we should feel satisfied at the degree of progress and the local partners are to be thanked to the greatest extent possible since they were so willing to share networks. Although this has yet to be deconstructed in terms of its inherent assumptions. This is not a job though for the moment as we are still a part of the context.

This leads onto the need now to remove oneself from the context in order to re-orient any alalysis with a 'developed' versus 'developing' comparitive account. That is, the intention is to look at the data and draw conclusions from a 'Development' perspective which seems to indicate a comparitive rather than participant-observationist account.

It has been an interesting ten days under canvas in the midst of such beauty and scorching, arid conditions. Certainly useful exposure to a way of life which is becoming more dominant in large parts of the world due to Climate Change. As such some interesting, generalisable results should be forthcoming which can hopefully not only benefit the local population but the wider, global society.

Thanks so much to all who have helped to make this project a success so far. Here's to our futures together on this humble, struggling planet.

Cheers,

DIYNGO.