{"id":79,"date":"2008-09-12T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-09-12T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T21:39:08","slug":"visit-to-manda-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2008\/09\/visit-to-manda-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to Manda Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, August 28, we visited Manda Island along with Curt Peterson and Marc Murchisson.\u00a0 John Muhindi and Joseph Ojing received a small amount of money to start a business hauling coral building block from the quarry areas to the port.\u00a0 They also arrange for the sale of the block to builders on Lamu Island.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/donkey-cart-hauling-block-on-manda1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63\" title=\"donkey-cart-hauling-block-on-manda1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/donkey-cart-hauling-block-on-manda1-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"hauling block to the port by donkey cart\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">hauling block to the port by donkey cart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The block are cut from the dead coral on the island.\u00a0 The following photo shows a line of block being cut.\u00a0 Generally they cut about 25 block\/day and sell them for 16 cents each.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/cutting-block-width-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64\" title=\"cutting-block-width-crop\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/cutting-block-width-crop-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"cutting the width of the block\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cutting the width of the block<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Joseph and John buy the block from those who cut it and they haul it to the port.\u00a0 Generally they make 3 cents per block and pay 1.5 cents tax.\u00a0 But even with this low margin, they have made pretty good money.<\/p>\n<p>Here are CIndy, Curt and Marc in the boat we took from Lamu to Manda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/curt-marc-cindy-on-wat-to-manda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65\" title=\"curt-marc-cindy-on-wat-to-manda\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2008\/09\/curt-marc-cindy-on-wat-to-manda-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"traveling to Manda\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">traveling to Manda<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=79&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, August 28, we visited Manda Island along with Curt Peterson and Marc Murchisson.\u00a0 John Muhindi and Joseph Ojing received a small amount of money to start a business hauling coral building block from the quarry areas to the port.\u00a0 They also arrange for the sale of the block to builders on Lamu Island. 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