Now I'm not going to complain but what a hectic 7 days of work! Bloody awesome though :-)
The week started with a very early start for the Yorkshire Dales where we had a Gold Duke of Edinburgh Assessement on, where I was the assessor after newly 'qualifying'. I was being shadowed for the week but there isn't alot extra to do on top of the usual duties on working with a group. The Monday was an absolutely beautiful day that once all the kit was handed out, tents were up and lunch done with we basically spent the rest of the afternoon getting rather burnt while the British Gas apprentices were playing football and throwing a frisbee. We even had a brave guy who jumped into the plunge pool in the river, which was freezing! It was that hot though. I wound down in the evening after having drove all the way up there and organising for the afternoon, taking a walk up to the village of Middlesmoor whilst camping at Spean. It was a beautiful evening and the views out over the Dale was fantastic.
The week involved a sprightly jaunt up Great Whernside, keeping up with my ex-military co-worker, in the extreme heat. I really need to get fitter before heading off to Bolivia, where we met very slow walking groups but after the first day the guys starting getting used to the pain and hardship involved with carrying your life on your back. Another 3 days of checking pointing and walking sections with the groups as the weathers started to detiorate throughout the week, though spirits were still reasonably high.
A very successful 5 days though as the group walked from Spean, up and over Great Whernside to Kettlewell, north to Newbiggin, across over to Leyburn ending at Aysgarth Fall, and I passed them all aswell. I even got a dinner in with Claire on the Thursday night at a pub half way between us (time whys) which made the week!
Saturday and Sunday was spent in the Peak District starting out at Ilam Hall for a Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Practice expedition. It made it very interesting with the comparison of such time and distance during the week to just one night camping at Hulme End and then walking to Waterhouses. It was long slow walk with kids that weren't used to the rucksacks, the weight, the distance, the whole experience really. I have a great group though who were reasonably enthusiast if not a little sneaky with wanting to cut corners when I wasn't there. Little did they realise was that I could see them all day! I must have walked another half of their walk though trying to meet up with them at different places. Who would say Bronze is easy?
Sunday ended not until around 7.30pm in the end as we had to talk the students back to their school in Swadlincote then over to Sponden to dump some kit until finally back to Stoke on Trent. Well and truely shattered I sit surrounded with smelly wet kit and the weather was truely abysmal. We were lucky to have a clear evening yesterday for tents to me put up and dinner to be cooked. Us instructors were even lucky enough for a BBQ in the evening once all the kids were sorted, by the SEL (Senior Expedition Leader). It was a great evening talking to the other instructors that we normally just pass by on collecting kids and straight out on the expedition.
Thankfully, or not so, I have 9 days off now to get vaccines for Bolivia sorted, packing arranged for Bolivia, the slow packing away of the Watford Street house plus the numerous other chores to get done. I'm even going to try and cook some bread sometime this week. We'll see, all before heading off to the New Forest for a Silver Duke of Edinburgh! Fun fun :-)
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Lake District 16th - 20th May
I had planned for a long time that once I had finished all my work for University I was going to go to the Lake District for a week or so to take a break from the rat race that I have called my life for the past few months. I hadn't expected to have anyone come with me but ended up with my new housemate, Dave a friend also on the World Challenge Apprenticeship scheme, heading up with me. It was would be a good opportunity to get to know each other as we had only actually met once before.
We headed up on the Saturday morning to Keswick where we stocked up on food and then parked up at the National Trust car park at the Great Wood where we took our rucksacks up and over Castlerigg Fell to Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove, Middle Crag over to Blea Tarn where we set up camp for the night. The weather was pretty miserable raining nearly all the time but then it cleared as we got to the tarn which was a welcome relief but then it came down again. I had the unfortunate experience of going up to my thigh in a bog and getting some very soggy boots. It was very uncomfortable and knew I would end up having wet socks for the rest of the weekend.
The next morning the weather was just as miserable. We headed up and over to Ullscarf and then followed the ridge along to High Raise where we were met with some beautiful sunshine which was a welcome relief. I still had wet socks though. We then dropped down into the West valley and followed Langstrath Beck all the way down to Stonethwaite and then we stopped at the Rosthwaite hotel where we had a drink and a little rest then we went back up to Grange Fell where we set up tent again for the night. It was blowing a gale all night and the weather again was pretty miserable but we did have some nice clear moments.
We woke up in the morning with two puddles in the corners of the tent which were worrying, it was thankfully not my tent and thankfully none of our things got wet otherwise I would have another few nights in some miserable conditions. We headed down to Watendlath and in more rain we followed the road all the way back down to the car where I happily removed my wet boots and made some lunch of beans and bacon on the stove. Yum! We ended the good weekend with a cup of tea in a cafe in Keswick and then I rearranged and sorted all my stuff for my journey to continue on. Dave dropped me at Grasmere and then I walked up to Easedale Tarn with my puzzle book and had some glorious weather. I then set up tent and watched the night fall in the sun over the tarn. Beautiful. It was these moments when I love wild camping, with no-one else around and all I have is the things on my back. So all in all we had a good time, minus the bad weather, where we decided we probably won't kill each other when we move to Buxton. I think he was quite happy to get to a warm dry house to get the last of his degree finished the Friday.
I woke to, again, some lovely weather but then as I continued up and over Blea Crag, Castle How, Lang How, Silver How, Dow Bank and Loughrigg Fell I think I had pretty much all the weather under the sun, hail, rain, gales as well as being quite burnt. I ended the day walking around Ambleside then along the lake towards Windermere, where I bailed at Brockhole for a bus to the centre of Windermere. My boots had really started to rub with the wet socks so gave in. I was shattered and was happy to finally get to the Lake District Independant Hostel. A squishy bed, shower, non-boil-in-the-bag dinner and then a little wander to the vantage point over looking Windermere and the lake with the hostel night manager finished off the day lovely.
Wednesday, I wasn't getting the train until 6pm so had a day to kill. Thankfully the guy at the hostel allowed me to leave my rucksack in the reception and I then went down to Bowness, over the lake on the car ferry and then up to High Top which is the home of Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit. It was a lovely day, sun all day and I thankfully had my flip flops with me so my feet could have a little break. I then made the trek all the way back to Windermere. I was truely shattered and was very welcome for the cup of tea from the manager man again :-)
I would have been having dinner cooked for me that evening by Ceara as I was due to be back in Stoke by 9pm but the train turned out to be cancelled which was annoying. I didn't get back until 11pm. After having a chance encounter with a lovely man who bought me some sandwiches from Booths after I lent him my phone to ring his wife to say he was going to be really late home (his phone had died). A favour for a lonely traveller :-)
All in all an awesome time away, though I ended up with some very sore feet and I also pulled a muscle in my left shoulder which is still hurting but oh well. I was away from Stoke :-)
We headed up on the Saturday morning to Keswick where we stocked up on food and then parked up at the National Trust car park at the Great Wood where we took our rucksacks up and over Castlerigg Fell to Bleaberry Fell, High Seat, High Tove, Middle Crag over to Blea Tarn where we set up camp for the night. The weather was pretty miserable raining nearly all the time but then it cleared as we got to the tarn which was a welcome relief but then it came down again. I had the unfortunate experience of going up to my thigh in a bog and getting some very soggy boots. It was very uncomfortable and knew I would end up having wet socks for the rest of the weekend.
The next morning the weather was just as miserable. We headed up and over to Ullscarf and then followed the ridge along to High Raise where we were met with some beautiful sunshine which was a welcome relief. I still had wet socks though. We then dropped down into the West valley and followed Langstrath Beck all the way down to Stonethwaite and then we stopped at the Rosthwaite hotel where we had a drink and a little rest then we went back up to Grange Fell where we set up tent again for the night. It was blowing a gale all night and the weather again was pretty miserable but we did have some nice clear moments.
We woke up in the morning with two puddles in the corners of the tent which were worrying, it was thankfully not my tent and thankfully none of our things got wet otherwise I would have another few nights in some miserable conditions. We headed down to Watendlath and in more rain we followed the road all the way back down to the car where I happily removed my wet boots and made some lunch of beans and bacon on the stove. Yum! We ended the good weekend with a cup of tea in a cafe in Keswick and then I rearranged and sorted all my stuff for my journey to continue on. Dave dropped me at Grasmere and then I walked up to Easedale Tarn with my puzzle book and had some glorious weather. I then set up tent and watched the night fall in the sun over the tarn. Beautiful. It was these moments when I love wild camping, with no-one else around and all I have is the things on my back. So all in all we had a good time, minus the bad weather, where we decided we probably won't kill each other when we move to Buxton. I think he was quite happy to get to a warm dry house to get the last of his degree finished the Friday.
I woke to, again, some lovely weather but then as I continued up and over Blea Crag, Castle How, Lang How, Silver How, Dow Bank and Loughrigg Fell I think I had pretty much all the weather under the sun, hail, rain, gales as well as being quite burnt. I ended the day walking around Ambleside then along the lake towards Windermere, where I bailed at Brockhole for a bus to the centre of Windermere. My boots had really started to rub with the wet socks so gave in. I was shattered and was happy to finally get to the Lake District Independant Hostel. A squishy bed, shower, non-boil-in-the-bag dinner and then a little wander to the vantage point over looking Windermere and the lake with the hostel night manager finished off the day lovely.
Wednesday, I wasn't getting the train until 6pm so had a day to kill. Thankfully the guy at the hostel allowed me to leave my rucksack in the reception and I then went down to Bowness, over the lake on the car ferry and then up to High Top which is the home of Beatrix Potter, author of Peter Rabbit. It was a lovely day, sun all day and I thankfully had my flip flops with me so my feet could have a little break. I then made the trek all the way back to Windermere. I was truely shattered and was very welcome for the cup of tea from the manager man again :-)
I would have been having dinner cooked for me that evening by Ceara as I was due to be back in Stoke by 9pm but the train turned out to be cancelled which was annoying. I didn't get back until 11pm. After having a chance encounter with a lovely man who bought me some sandwiches from Booths after I lent him my phone to ring his wife to say he was going to be really late home (his phone had died). A favour for a lonely traveller :-)
All in all an awesome time away, though I ended up with some very sore feet and I also pulled a muscle in my left shoulder which is still hurting but oh well. I was away from Stoke :-)
The end has arrived!
Well it has finally come around, the end of 3 years at Staffordshire University! I can't believe how quickly it has happened, 3 years have literally flown by.
My last piece went in on the 14th May and it certainly was a whirlwind for getting it done. I was a bit uncertain on the Tuesday whether I was actually going to get it finished but the printer spat it out on the Wednesday evening about 15 minutes before I was due to go out to the last Gobble (Wed night fun at the students union). I was dressed as someone for the Army just staring at the work as I stapled it together but I couldn't work out if it had hit me or not that I had no more work to do. So I headed out with a sort of weight off my shoulder, happy I could enjoy the evening without having to worry that I had to get up early the next morning to finish some work.
The evening was a lot of fun, including my first experience in the local Old Corner Cupboard pub (it's literally 2 minutes around the corner to my house but I had never been there) as well as my first LRV outting of the year (sad times). It was great to see everyone together and we had a good turn out.
The next morning would have been a welcome lie in but instead the Staffordshire University Mountaineering Club organised a fund raising consisting of an abseil off the Mellor building at the University. It has happened twice every year since being at Staffs and I had the pleasure of running the line as practice for my climbing award. One of the members of the club had a bright idea of inviting the local newspaper so we were made famous the next day in the Sentiel. And yes I am the one in the main photograph making faces as I abseiled off the building :-) The day went really well, it didn't rain until the afternoon and we made around £100 which we donated to Buxton Mountain Rescue. Good job guys! All ended in the pub that afternoon for chips and chocolate cake. It was originally planned that we were going to have a BBQ but the weather changed the plan to heading over to Shropshire Bouldering Centre.
The centre has newly been opened since I was in India so I had missed out on a couple of sessions with the guys but a group of us headed over for the evening (after I managed to grab an hours sleep). It's quite a small place but was a good evening. Was proof how weak I am though since not climbing for over 4 months. I forced a few routes out and had a catch up with some friends then went back to trying to finish writing up my India diary (no I still haven't finished it). It was a welcome sleep when we finally got home.
And that was the last day of being a student and what a cool day it was.
My last piece went in on the 14th May and it certainly was a whirlwind for getting it done. I was a bit uncertain on the Tuesday whether I was actually going to get it finished but the printer spat it out on the Wednesday evening about 15 minutes before I was due to go out to the last Gobble (Wed night fun at the students union). I was dressed as someone for the Army just staring at the work as I stapled it together but I couldn't work out if it had hit me or not that I had no more work to do. So I headed out with a sort of weight off my shoulder, happy I could enjoy the evening without having to worry that I had to get up early the next morning to finish some work.
The evening was a lot of fun, including my first experience in the local Old Corner Cupboard pub (it's literally 2 minutes around the corner to my house but I had never been there) as well as my first LRV outting of the year (sad times). It was great to see everyone together and we had a good turn out.
The next morning would have been a welcome lie in but instead the Staffordshire University Mountaineering Club organised a fund raising consisting of an abseil off the Mellor building at the University. It has happened twice every year since being at Staffs and I had the pleasure of running the line as practice for my climbing award. One of the members of the club had a bright idea of inviting the local newspaper so we were made famous the next day in the Sentiel. And yes I am the one in the main photograph making faces as I abseiled off the building :-) The day went really well, it didn't rain until the afternoon and we made around £100 which we donated to Buxton Mountain Rescue. Good job guys! All ended in the pub that afternoon for chips and chocolate cake. It was originally planned that we were going to have a BBQ but the weather changed the plan to heading over to Shropshire Bouldering Centre.
The centre has newly been opened since I was in India so I had missed out on a couple of sessions with the guys but a group of us headed over for the evening (after I managed to grab an hours sleep). It's quite a small place but was a good evening. Was proof how weak I am though since not climbing for over 4 months. I forced a few routes out and had a catch up with some friends then went back to trying to finish writing up my India diary (no I still haven't finished it). It was a welcome sleep when we finally got home.
And that was the last day of being a student and what a cool day it was.
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Earth Hazards
After a very long 48 hours I have managed to complete the Earth Hazards essay aswell as the portfolio. Ran that down to reception for hand in this afternoon after taking a trip up to Hanley for some printer ink. That damn dissertation ran my poor printer dry!
Restart on the work front now for the Scottish Report on the Loch Lomond Stadial *big sigh!* Only 2 reports left, yippee! Definitely looking forward to climbing this weekend, let's hope the beautiful weather returns.
Restart on the work front now for the Scottish Report on the Loch Lomond Stadial *big sigh!* Only 2 reports left, yippee! Definitely looking forward to climbing this weekend, let's hope the beautiful weather returns.
Monday, 4 May 2009
Last few weeks of University
Well I'm afraid it hasn't been the most exciting few weeks, especially after such a manic month travelling around here and there. It has come down to the last few weeks of being at Staffordshire University and to be honest I really can't wait for all the work to be finished. I am well and truely done with studying for a while.
I am currently in the process of writing an essay for the Earth Hazard module, and as you can tell (as I have resorted to updating my Blog) I am bored. It's quite an interesting topic, how local conditions have more control over the disaster potential compared to the magnitude of an earthquake. I'm pretty much there with it but hoping to finish it tonight then it's just the Scottish Fieldtrip report to do for Thursday. The enthusiasm has completely walked out the door so it's a real struggle to get it done. Not long now and then after the Spanish fieldtrip report is in on the 14th May, that's it! Finito! :-)
Results are due the 22nd June, I believe which so happens to be when I'm working up in the Peak District so hopefully I may be allowed to disappear for a hour or so to pick them up. Scary stuff!
Apart from the lack of work that I have been doing, I have just come back from Buxton (again) to complete a Remote First Aid Training Course which was really interesting. The amount of times that you would go for First Aid training and the worry that it's not sticking to your brain, makes refresher courses worth while. The day ended with a big incident which we had to deal with, we only lost Annie (the CPR dummy - RIP). And that's the main set of training sessions done with World Challenge now and on with the preparation and organisation for heading out to Bolivia. It's going to be neat trick going to graduation, moving out of Stoke on Trent back to Dunstable and pack for Bolivia in the matter of 72 hours. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan.
Well I'm afraid that's the excitement for me at the moment. I'm planning on disappearing to the Lake District around the 16th May for the week to go walking and wild camping. May need to find a couple of maps first but it will be a good escape. But now it's back to the Earth Hazards essay and maybe even an exciting trip to the library. Bad times...
I am currently in the process of writing an essay for the Earth Hazard module, and as you can tell (as I have resorted to updating my Blog) I am bored. It's quite an interesting topic, how local conditions have more control over the disaster potential compared to the magnitude of an earthquake. I'm pretty much there with it but hoping to finish it tonight then it's just the Scottish Fieldtrip report to do for Thursday. The enthusiasm has completely walked out the door so it's a real struggle to get it done. Not long now and then after the Spanish fieldtrip report is in on the 14th May, that's it! Finito! :-)
Results are due the 22nd June, I believe which so happens to be when I'm working up in the Peak District so hopefully I may be allowed to disappear for a hour or so to pick them up. Scary stuff!
Apart from the lack of work that I have been doing, I have just come back from Buxton (again) to complete a Remote First Aid Training Course which was really interesting. The amount of times that you would go for First Aid training and the worry that it's not sticking to your brain, makes refresher courses worth while. The day ended with a big incident which we had to deal with, we only lost Annie (the CPR dummy - RIP). And that's the main set of training sessions done with World Challenge now and on with the preparation and organisation for heading out to Bolivia. It's going to be neat trick going to graduation, moving out of Stoke on Trent back to Dunstable and pack for Bolivia in the matter of 72 hours. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan.
Well I'm afraid that's the excitement for me at the moment. I'm planning on disappearing to the Lake District around the 16th May for the week to go walking and wild camping. May need to find a couple of maps first but it will be a good escape. But now it's back to the Earth Hazards essay and maybe even an exciting trip to the library. Bad times...
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Back in the UK
Well what a crazy week I have had. It has been so busy, mixed with the crap Internet connection we had at the University that I was unable to get up to date. But now I'm back in the UK and getting used to being back in cold civilisation. Thankfully we were greeted back with some gorgeous sun so I'm not freezing cold yet.
India was incredible. Since I last wrote we have been seeing all the important sights of the city like San Thome Basilica, St George's Fort and numerous temples. We have also been to one of the lecturers home to meet his family and experience a traditional Indian home. It was a wonderful experience, so generous and kind people and we even experienced the crazy trains and buses plus a ride on the back of the lecturers motorbike. We had to do it two trips so it was a welcome break of being on my own for a little while.
We then worked at Spastn, which is the (excuse the politically incorrect wording) Spastics society of Chennai. We got involved with the Early Intervention work where 0-3 year olds where helped with different skills. The parents were actively involved so that the learning could be continued at home as well. We also went into the vocational workshops where the children and young adults learnt skills such as cooking, tailoring and handicrafts which could be sold to help fund their education. We found that alot of the active work done by charities and NGO's was very much based on self help schemes which was good as it didn't rely on people needing to come in and help. It was bad on our end though as we couldn't help out as much as we wanted. It was encouraging though.
On the Friday we decided to go visit a town called Pondicherry which has alot of French links. We travelled over at 7am and it cost us equivalent of £1.20 to travel around 160 km. The return bus cost us only 55p. Everything was so cheap. In total I worked out that I spent under £85 for the whole 2 weeks. It was incredible.
Though the actual trip was meant to be based around working with the University, it was poorly organised and alot of waiting around was common place but when we were left to get on with things our self and also when working with our NGO link Niana, we got alot of things done and we definitely made the most of the trip. It was certainly a culture shock, the fact that so many people live in utter poverty and scrape a living on under a pound a day. The clash of society with huge air conditioned shopping plaza's right next to slum areas made you feel like you were actually on a film set or something. It was hard to get your head around but then the inhabitants would still greet you with big smiles and hellos. The kids were fascinated with us and the parents always encouraged the kids to come shake our hands, as if it would make the children better people. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking. At the same time it was all that they had ever experienced. Many of the homeless people did have the opportunity to go to places where they could have a place to sleep or a place where they could get a free meal, but they chose not to go there. Why, I don't know.
It was a definite eye opener to home in how wonderfully lucky we are to live in such a developed country where poverty is very rare. India is slowly becoming quite developed though. With the large shopping plaza's, huge modern industrial estates of offices and western influences, alot of India makes you feel that you could be in London or the USA but is not just developing the country, it is also making the gap between the rich and poor wider. We were lucky to meet Niana who proved that the wealthy and poor could work together in harmony with respect but apparently the set up was rare in society.
All in all, the trip was a big eye opener, and if we forget that it was meant to be an University trip, then it was truely amazing! I just can't wait to go back and explore India in more depth.
India was incredible. Since I last wrote we have been seeing all the important sights of the city like San Thome Basilica, St George's Fort and numerous temples. We have also been to one of the lecturers home to meet his family and experience a traditional Indian home. It was a wonderful experience, so generous and kind people and we even experienced the crazy trains and buses plus a ride on the back of the lecturers motorbike. We had to do it two trips so it was a welcome break of being on my own for a little while.
We then worked at Spastn, which is the (excuse the politically incorrect wording) Spastics society of Chennai. We got involved with the Early Intervention work where 0-3 year olds where helped with different skills. The parents were actively involved so that the learning could be continued at home as well. We also went into the vocational workshops where the children and young adults learnt skills such as cooking, tailoring and handicrafts which could be sold to help fund their education. We found that alot of the active work done by charities and NGO's was very much based on self help schemes which was good as it didn't rely on people needing to come in and help. It was bad on our end though as we couldn't help out as much as we wanted. It was encouraging though.
On the Friday we decided to go visit a town called Pondicherry which has alot of French links. We travelled over at 7am and it cost us equivalent of £1.20 to travel around 160 km. The return bus cost us only 55p. Everything was so cheap. In total I worked out that I spent under £85 for the whole 2 weeks. It was incredible.
Though the actual trip was meant to be based around working with the University, it was poorly organised and alot of waiting around was common place but when we were left to get on with things our self and also when working with our NGO link Niana, we got alot of things done and we definitely made the most of the trip. It was certainly a culture shock, the fact that so many people live in utter poverty and scrape a living on under a pound a day. The clash of society with huge air conditioned shopping plaza's right next to slum areas made you feel like you were actually on a film set or something. It was hard to get your head around but then the inhabitants would still greet you with big smiles and hellos. The kids were fascinated with us and the parents always encouraged the kids to come shake our hands, as if it would make the children better people. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking. At the same time it was all that they had ever experienced. Many of the homeless people did have the opportunity to go to places where they could have a place to sleep or a place where they could get a free meal, but they chose not to go there. Why, I don't know.
It was a definite eye opener to home in how wonderfully lucky we are to live in such a developed country where poverty is very rare. India is slowly becoming quite developed though. With the large shopping plaza's, huge modern industrial estates of offices and western influences, alot of India makes you feel that you could be in London or the USA but is not just developing the country, it is also making the gap between the rich and poor wider. We were lucky to meet Niana who proved that the wealthy and poor could work together in harmony with respect but apparently the set up was rare in society.
All in all, the trip was a big eye opener, and if we forget that it was meant to be an University trip, then it was truely amazing! I just can't wait to go back and explore India in more depth.
Friday, 10 April 2009
India - NGO
Last night we went with our NGO lady Nino to a film showing relating to water as a resource. It wasn't what we expected but it was actually really interesting for us Geographers. It was a perfect example of a case study in water management and to make it even more interesting was that this morning we went to the actual village where the self help groups worked the new initiative. It was really interesting stuff and we learnt some amazing things as well as having a great insight into the workings of a self sufficient village. English people really need to come out and experience the things we did and will be so much more knowledgable on many key issues relating to employment and supposed labour problems.
We have spent the whole day with Nina today and we are currently at her house with her daughter after experiencing some amazing Punjabi food, a wonderful home cooked breakfast this morning and then we will be going out with her tomorrow to the opening of a new initiative of Roof Top Gardens and re using waste water. Now going to go to a soap shop to pick up some of the soap that is made by the community we visited this morning and then go see San Tome church along the coast. We may head over to the Fort later as well.
We are due to visit Pulikat lake in the afternoon but then hopefully do a little more sightseeing in the afternoon. Over all the trip has improved dramatically and I really dont want to be heading home next week. I feel there is so much more to see and absolutely love the culture after becoming such much more knowledgable on everything from the language, traditions, history and way of life!
We have spent the whole day with Nina today and we are currently at her house with her daughter after experiencing some amazing Punjabi food, a wonderful home cooked breakfast this morning and then we will be going out with her tomorrow to the opening of a new initiative of Roof Top Gardens and re using waste water. Now going to go to a soap shop to pick up some of the soap that is made by the community we visited this morning and then go see San Tome church along the coast. We may head over to the Fort later as well.
We are due to visit Pulikat lake in the afternoon but then hopefully do a little more sightseeing in the afternoon. Over all the trip has improved dramatically and I really dont want to be heading home next week. I feel there is so much more to see and absolutely love the culture after becoming such much more knowledgable on everything from the language, traditions, history and way of life!
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