Our first lesson with the kids went well: nobody died, although I think somebody cried. We used all sorts of increasingly desperate measures to teach the kids their prepositions: “under”, “over”, “in” and “out”. We started off with the tried-and-tested Hokey Kokey (or Hokey Pokey, if you’re Canadian) but then gradually descended into [...]
yes, the best weekend of my life took place in granada. all the traveling ive done has been wonderful, but this was one of the very few weekends i was in granada and im thankful that i was.
the weekend started off on thursday, thanksgiving, although we did have class, weird.. we had an intercambio [...]
We got on the first flight out from Trinidad and got to Tobago allot earlier than we had even hoped for, Excellent we thought as we got into the main city of Scarborough.
We started with calling the Venezuelan ferry and reserved our seats and also made sure it was alright to pay for them the [...]
We came to Trinidad from Jamaica by plane but the plane was more like a bus because it was doing stops everywhere first we flew to Antigua where we didn’t even get off the plane after that we went to Barbados where we also had to do a stop and change planes even though the [...]
Walking back from the mall: Over the road bridge:
Walking back from the mall: Lots of election campaign posters:
The road where I’m staying currently, with my relative, S.
My temporary room:
The view from the little balcony outside my room:
The dining area balcony:
And S.’s living room..
..with all sorts.. of random, useless, shit - that many richer people [...]
My mother’s cousin Lalo took me to town to see if we could get my phone unlocked. No success, so we decided that I’d buy the cheapest phone they had available.. 18,500 CLP.. around £22.65 GBP (pre-future crash value)
For me its a brick. For most people here its just basic. I feel like 1999 again [...]
Today is Mother’s Day, a celebration of the Queen of Thailand and of mothers in general. The problem was, most of the children at Moo Baan Dek either do not have, or do not see, their own mothers. Despite this, a big ceremony is planned each year and the eleven of us ISV-ers [...]
First thing today we joined in with the morning activities: after meditation, the children play games and, despite having been up since 5am for chores, they are little balls of energy, fighting for our attention and demanding cuddles and treats. Afterwards, we planned a simple lesson on prepositions (under, over, etc) for Thursday, while [...]
We began our first ‘work’ day at Moo Baan Dek with an orientation talk in the school assembly room with the vice principal. Enlightening as it was, our attention was firmly fixed on the progress of a huge tarantula clinging to the ceiling in front of us…sure enough, it soon lost its grip and [...]
Hellcow
Our first night in Thailand was…eventful. Highlights included one of a local farmer’s cows - which we promptly renamed ‘Hellcow’ - escaping and spending a good half hour circling our house and ringing the VERY loud bell around its neck, followed at 4am by some early-rising rebel playing traditional Thai music at top volume [...]