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and a sprinkler irrigation system would work wonders for agricultural
productivity.

We went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. The surroundings are very
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the Indian Airways pilot climbed only a few hundred feet in elevation
before banking the plane so that we would get an aerial view of the Taj
Mahal. We had not expected this and both Jean and Stan had a white
knuckle experience fearing that the plane was failing to gain altitude
and would crash.
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Jakarta was run by American standards. After eating foreign food for
some weeks it was great to get an American steak with french fries.
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sonnel Manager in Sumatra at that time was an American and he showed
me around. It was interesting to see the social relationships among the
Indonesian and Americans who were professional or management per-
sonnel. Americans lived in homes scattered randomly among Indone-
sians in the camp. The relationships between Americans and Indone-
sians seemed to be smooth and easy – very admirable.

The area surrounding the camps is all a jungle. In some areas,
roads are constructed by laying logs transverse to the road, then piling
on earth and then asphalt. The jungle tends to encroach so rapidly that
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stopped to talk to little kids who were examining a python at least ten
feet long that had stretched clear across the road before being ran over
by a truck. There are still tigers in the jungle. Americans are not allowed
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in a clearing and when the tiger comes to eat the goat, it is shot.

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