When rain is not flooding the ramshackle tents and tarps, the summer sun turns them into hothouses.
With the advent of extremely light silicone impregnated nylon, these tarps weigh in at less than a pound, are cheap, and are easy to make.
The Indonesian red Cross distributed blanket, hygiene kits and tarps to those affected by the earthquake and called for people to donate blood to help the injured.
The sister and her husband sleep next door in an even flimsier shelter, made of plastic tarps.
Four young men, each wearing white Tyvek coveralls, topped some of the redolent mixture with topsoil, put tarps over the rest and left for the holiday weekend.
Cinder blocks and wood planks anchor plastic tarps on the roof.
Smaller fragments are now stored in warehouses in the Bamiyan Valley, and larger pieces remain at the bottom of the niches, covered in tarps.
Outside the gates is a broad expanse of demolished homes, populated by the homeless sleeping under tarps.
Cinder blocks and wood planks anchor plastic tarps on the roof. Inside, the floors are bare concrete and the walls are covered with plastic sheeting and, in places, newspaper.
Outside the garage, one of the employees at the junkyard notices the black Mustang behind some plastic tarps.
