On Sunday myself, Joice and Jitendra (other interns at SELCO) took the 2 hour bus ride to Mangalore. Having not eaten breakfast, we had a massive lunch, which was by far the most expensive meal so far. We visited one of the shopping malls, before taking a local bus 15 minutes along the coast. We got off the bus where the conductor said... which appeared to be in the middle of no-where. After a 15 minute walk past a huge cement factory, we got to the beach.
It was a beach unlike any I have ever seen, mainly due to a lack of any women in bikini’s, and everyone sitting, not lying on the sand. We headed back after the sun set, and took a very sweaty, bumpy bus journey back to Ujire. A fantastic day out.
After visiting the carpenter who will make the solar dryer, I found out that the material costs for the dryer are still too high for it to be economic for small scale producers to purchase. More design adaptations are required!
