Pak Bari has been quite industrious and creative in finding ways to improve his family income. He patches tires in front of his house in the evenings for passing drivers suffering a flat. He sells gas in 1 liter bottles for a small mark-up. He digs for sand behind his old home and sells it as mortar. He borrowed $800 to buy a funny looking motorcycle pick-up to haul the sand around. With the proceeds from the sand venture alone, he has earned $300 in the last month and a half! For their next project, they hope to buy a photocopy machine and run a small business from the front of their home. (=
That’s the kind of “can-do” attitude Americans are famous for! I love it.

The family bought cement to repair the earthquake damaged walls at their home. Soon they will be brave enough to sleep inside the actual house. They have already erected a bamboo home where the leveled house once was. It’s too quiet there though, so they all prefer to stay at the main house by the side of busy Parangtritis road.

We sat around talking for a few hours. They’re a fun family.