At Little Flower School

Saturday we drove (or were driven, if you like), to Manikpur. For those of you trying to track this on a map, Manikpur is a very small village close to Bongaigaon. We are staying at Little Flower School, which is an English middle school, started by a local man about 11 years ago. He started with about 12 students, and presently has 200, kindergarten to grade 12, including about 100 in the lowest class. He has been building new classrooms, but I think he will likely have to add substantially if this rate of growth keeps up. He has also started an associate school in a neighbouring village.
The trip was very interesting.. think mostly paved grid road, with continuous traffic both directions, construction, and rickshaws, bikes, cattle and goats. All this while driving through nearly continuous villages. I think the trip was 160k, and took 3 1/2 hours. Sounds about right. In any case, the drivers here impress me more and more. Its got to be a tough way to make a living. Then he gets to hang around here for 3 days to take us places.