The Hotel Aldy

After a white knuckle drive along the coast and racing against the dark we arrived at Aquin. A quick turn up a narrow dirt path/road leads us to the Aldy Hotel. Its a four story structure that survived the quake being a number of miles from the epicenter. Standing tall on a mountain side, the hotel gives us a view of a shadowed bay and dark silhouetted islands.

We have time for a cool shower and strategically placed fans that make the 90 degree heat and humidity more manageable.

Sitting in the open air dining area, stories of the quake are exchanged. Waiting for dinner we sit and contemplate the small miracles and the larger tragedy. The feeling that we - and everyone who has graciously donated - are all doing something, even something small, is reassuring.

Tomorrow we will begin the day with a visit to our recently funded and completed wells in several villages close by.

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