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Just what we need – more photos!

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Alright, so I’m kind of cheating here. I’ve left India, am now in Milan. Found some exchange students and I’m following them around for a few days before I head off to Sweden; the last and 19th stop on my trip. I haven’t had internet for a very long time. I find it very hard to write in internet cafes. hence the slowness. I’m sure everyone who used read this has given up on me by now anyway. Oh well, I’ll carry on alone here. Only a few more entries then I’m finished!!

But first, some more photos:
Not sure who lives here, but this is the kind of house my students live in:
house

One of our guides, Marius, with a lovely house on stilts behind him.
marius
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Playground Battles

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Some of my favourite times in Shillong are the trips we go on with the students. It started in 2006, when we decided to make sightseeing more exciting by bringing a gang of ten year olds with us. And when 10 minutes into a 3 hour bus journey one guy started throwing up, it certainly did get interesting. Nowadays we stay closer to home, and out of buses. We walked to the local park with class I, one Saturday morning to go look at the animals. The park has monkeys, bears, deers, a domestic cat and lots of birds. But to the disappointment of many of them, no elephant. After I told them there was no elephant I had to stop one little fella who raced ahead of the group. I politely asked him why the hell he was running away and he said, “To find the elephant, Miss”. He was dealt an even greater blow when we went to the museum and found the skull of an elephant.
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Visiting Houses

Monday, August 25th, 2008
Part of the work of the teachers in Providence School is to visit the homes of the students, find out what their living conditions are and see if they have any immediate needs, rice being the main one. As the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Back in Providence

Sunday, July 13th, 2008
I’m back! After a long absence I’ve returned to my random writings. In Calcutta I got a crazy fever and didn’t eat for a few days. When my appetite came back my stomach was in such a bad way it ... [Continue reading this entry]