The view from the Pit

The view from the pit is much better than the unpublished post, "The view of the Pit." The pit was used for burying and burning household and clinic refuse. I enjoyed making a number of great fires in the pit. Inhaling plastic fumes, frantically trying to retrieve a lighter I had accidentally thrown in with the palm frond fuel, wondering if I had poured in too much petrol to get things started. It was hours of fun.

Off course, who could foroget that magical moment when I had the pit fully smoking and a young tourist couple wandered in to visit the clinic. From the clinic, it is far from obvious what the pit contains - although the smell is usually an indicator. Smell was clearly not the strong point of the woman who was chatting away or she might've been down wind - way down wind - but she when she asked "What are you cooking ?" everyone in hearing distance grinned or spurted out laughing and her boyfriend wryly said, " They're not cooking. Nope, they're not cooking."