- big, modern shopping malls
- great restaurants
- spending, spending, spending
- taxi park = pickpocket central
- hot, sweaty, crowded, dirty, dusty
- hot sun, sun, sun--little rain
- discovering that you can purchase almost any American/European brand of food, toiletries, etc....even those horrid Twinkies!
- a week in a really crappy hotel
- a week in a comfortable hotel with blissfully hot showers
- meeting volunteers we'd never met
- seeing volunteers we know
- partying with volunteers!
- the VSO BBQ
- drooling at the sight of washers, big fridges, ovens, etc...
- boring lectures
- interesting lectures
- constant electricity!
- beer, wine, ice cream, gorgeous food, gaining weight
- waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting....
Now for a wee rant!
We hoped the electricity in our area would be sorted by the time we came back...but no. It's still off during the day and tonight it didn't come back on until after 8p.m. Arghh....The road....emmm....dirt track that goes to our campus from the main road is currently 3km of mud, potholes big enough to swallow a car, and slippery. I'm not looking forward to riding our motorbike down this road!
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Pah! Those two blokes on 'The Long Way Down' are pansies! We knew it. They had 4x4s to support their motorbike journey.
We always knew you and Danny were more hardcore.
There is SNOW on the peaks now.
It's clearing out now, but there was some serious standing water in the Shore Road last night.
And it is COLD. A little below zero here.
The gales have died down, at least.
T-minus 9 days till the parental arrive here with cheap American provisions.
But fear not, everything is still standing and working!
And everytime you walk out the door without putting a heavy jacket on, think about us!
LOL!
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