Monday 3rd August Yet another early start at 4am being woken up confusingly by the rain, which we couldn’t work out whether it was rain or sand blowing through our mosquito net! This wasn’t the best feeling to start the day, this unexpected wake up call was shortly followed by the sound of Polly’s alarm...Read More
Sunday 2nd August This morning we were delightfully woken up by Polly’s alarm at 6:00am to pack up our mosquito tents and camp beds to make our way down to the beach resort with a few stops along the way. Before our journey, to conclude last nights fabulous evening at 8:00am we planted a tree...Read More
Today was our final day at the Janoda Foundation. We woke up at around 7 for breakfast at 8. Unlike previous days, our visits to the buddies’ houses were mostly played by ear; we had planned to leave to go to the first of our buddy’s houses at 9 which was put back to 12:30...Read More
Friday 31st July This glorious day was started off by the cheers of excitement from Teams 2+3 as we set off towards ‘The Rock Buddhist Temple’ sporting our angelic white linen trousers and shirts. The visit was very interesting (and like all good stories) opened with a painfully slow and bumpy ascent into the dusty...Read More
After a well earned lie-in, team three were treated to a traditional Sri Lankan dish for breakfast, Rotis. This coconut and wheat flower blend made for a great treat, and when combined with the local buffalo treacle reminded us of the pancakes we sometimes have back in England. Our stomachs full, we made our way...Read More
Today was a long day and everyone has worked to the best of their ability. We had people helping to finish and paint the sand pit, a team of people painting the gecko on the side of the pre-school, and a team of people painting the ocean on the other side of the pre-school wall....Read More
Wednesday 29th of July This morning we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to go to a tea plantation, this meant getting up at 5:30 and a two and a half bus journey; songs were sung and everyone was in good spirit. We were given a tour and shown how the tea was plucked,...Read More
Day 10: The day begun with a “lie in” of 7:00 am which was followed by a breakfast of noodles. We headed to tzu chi school for 9:00 where we were greeted by the buddies to practice our puppet shows for the performance in front of the younger years. My group rehearsed “the elephant and...Read More
This morning we woke up at 4am after a great meal last night at a traditional Sri Lankan beach restaurant. After our amazing breakfast with pancakes, coconut rice and freshly baked bread we packed our day bags and waited for the jeeps to arrive. When they arrived our eyes lit up with excitement ready for...Read More
Tuesday 28th of July This morning we woke up feeling relaxed and refreshed, it was soon 8:00 and time for breakfast which was a delicious noodles with curry, actually called string hoppers! Soon after both teams had a quick briefing from Max about how to use puppets so they were prepared for the upcoming show...Read More
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