Hey, welcome back to our daily blog!Today was started off with finishing visiting buddies in their houses. 6 buddies in total were visited and each of them gave heartwarming, thoughtful gifts. After saying goodbye, we briefly went back to where we are staying in Janoda for a change of clothes and a jam out to...Read More
We spent today with our buddies. It’s Saturday and the day began with a 7:00 wake up to get to the Tzu Chi school at 8:00. After our 7:30 breakfast we then were at the school to do a cooking project and bag decorating project. We got partnered with our buddies and another buddy pair...Read More
Today we woke up at 7:45 and had a breakfast of omelettes and toast and that. Then we went to the kindergarten classroom and playground right out the back of the place we are staying in in the Janoda foundation. We did some ceremonies and games like an Easter egg hunt and bubbles and did...Read More
After 24 hours of tight quartered travelling, we finally reached our welcoming and thankfully air conditioned destination that was and still is the Janoda Foundation.During our long-winded travel, we stopped for lunch at a beautiful waterfront restaurant where, thanks to Kara Gamage we were provided with delicious chicken noodles that were adapted to the many...Read More
We were up early ready to start the long journey home. Sad to be leaving Sri Lanka but looking forward to seeing our families so that we could tell them all about our fantastic adventure. The day started with a visit to a turtle hatchery. Most of us had never seen tiny live baby turtles...Read More
We started the day with a bit more dance practice for the performance this evening, I’m pretty sure we’ve got it nailed at this point, but you can judge when you see the video. This was followed by a visit to the salt farms, which were really cool, except the tour bus had zero suspension...Read More
We started off with some games with our buddies today, much like the ones we played at MEF, which was fun. After that we did some first aid activities, such as CPR and practising the recovery position, this was led by Oliver and Jasper. Finally, we were going to the beach in the afternoon, this...Read More
Another long day today. We started it with a two-and-a-half-hour drive to a tea plantation, where they made lots of extremely overpriced tea, that cost up to £30 per 30g! for the most sought after white virgin tea which can’t be touched by human hands and is snipped off with tiny gold scissors, which probably...Read More
When you visit the buddy’s homes you really must make sure you go with an empty tummy and be prepared to eat! I thought we would each just visit our individual buddies’ homes but we visited all of them which was a wonderful experience in its self. We really did one thing today. Eat. Eat...Read More
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