The shortcut we used on the way back from Trinco. The road was blocked off but we went down anyway-Sri Lanka!-only to discover a new road surface being laid. They had laid and rolled the stone for about 200m. We walked to the end of the job near the railway crossing. The stone is covered with tar and then sand thrown on top. The tar was being melted at the end we were parked and being spread at the railway end. Hence the line of people transporting buckets of molten tar in bare feet! After a chat with the engineer who refused to let us drive over the stone as we might displace it, we discovered they only had enough tar to coat 20m of stone. So we waited till the tar ran out and carried on our way. Why you would stone 200m when you can only coat 20m? Nice people though, all very friendly.
Some kids I met at Trinco, they were all following and love to see themselves on the camera. One of the benefits of Digital cameras.
