Day one on the ground
It’s been a busy day; it has been a year since us changed. We walked in to our usual breakfast digs, the staff spotted us and came running up to us smiling saying “your back your back” and was on the phone calling other staff letting them know we were there. It doesn’t seem the city has changed at all despite construction everywhere. We then met with Sos who has been really busy getting things organized for us. We also connected up with the guys from Australia. They are a really squared away group that will be a big asset. They brought some really good training ideas and lesson plans that we will be using. We then moved to the hotel that we will be staying in for the next two weeks. Then it was a quick trip to the market to get a few supplies. The Australians took a trip to Tuslang killing prison museum S21. Then it was more planning and socializing with the Australians and the day was gone.
In the morning we are going to leave at 06:00 and travel out to villages, were members of our group paid to have wells dug two years ago. We are anxious to see how $200 changed whole villages. The villages we will be traveling to are several hours away, on the Vietnam boarder. We will take a van as far as the road goes, then take motorcycles as far as they can go, then the final bit on foot. It will be an incredible day. Oly Fed sent a big box of pencils, (thanks Sheri)(I hope I spelled your name right) I think this may be a great place to hand some out to children.
Need to get to sleep it’s going to be a long day. Look forward to hearing from you.
Andy
3 comments:
It's freezing (literally) here at home. Hard to imagine you're sweltering in the heat! Hoping you're not going wandering off the trails into the mined areas.... Stay safe, love.
And, to everyone who donated funds, thank you. OESP members are arranging for more drinking wells to be put in, thanks to your generosity.
Michelle says not to watch the nose camera pictures on the airplane any more!
Glad you got there safely. What a busy and exciting schedule. It sounds like "getting there" continues to be a major part of the adventure.
Well.....???! We want to hear more!!!..... It's been DAYS since your last post!
From our phone calls I know you're busy. :) Last I heard, Gary was buried up to his neck in loaves of bread. Hope you used those extrication skills to get him out.
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