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ONGA...hello everyone!! I'm currently sitting in an internet cafe in Tanga writing this on a crappy keyboard so i apologise now for the all the spelling mistakes...don't blame me mwahaha. My butt is completey numb form the 3 1/2 hour truck ride down from Yamba...the village where I am staying with all the volunteers! When they said remote they really did mean remote!!! It is actually in the middle of nowhere based 4000ft up in the mountains with no running water or electricity. I'm showering outside with a bucket and sleeping under a mosquito net in a mud hut amongst all the creepy bugs and bats and wierd lookin spiders with massive antennas eeek!!
I've been working on the school toilets for the past two weeks which basically involves flicking cement at the walls haha a skill which i still havn't mastered as most of the friggin cement ends up on the floor and all the builders just stand there and laugh at us at our severe lack of skills!!! The other day I attemped some road building well more like road repairing lol which just proved how weak my arms are! I went to a funeral last week...unfortunately a pretty common thing here...and Tim a fellow builder was involved in the grave digging process!
Of course i have to mention the food...it's pretty much rice/beans/rice/lentils/beans/pasta/rice u get the picture haha! although we have had chicken...well thats what they siad it was :S ooo and we had a village party where they offered us a goat with a knitted wooly jumper haha!!
The wind up torches have gone down a treat so I thank Dyas!! ooo how is everybody hope all is well?!
In a nut shell I'm having an awesome time here and have taken loads of photos which i will put up v soon... unfortunately my interent time is up so I'd better go eat lol!! I'll post another blog soon to keep u all informed :)
Em xxxx
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