Arrived at our project in Sigchos on Tuesday, after a really sketchy bus journey speeding up the sides of mountains. very scary!! Weather was wet and overcast then. We are staying in the hall of the school with a tiled floor and lots of ants!! the toilets were outside and didnīt flush as well as the fact that they absolutely stank!!! the sink was full of slugs and weīve had to have cold showers all week!! The next day we met the school children and taught them english with a teuchter accent, heehee! then we went to buy stuff for the school, like cysterns for the toilets as well as basketballs, footballs and paint, so we could paint it! When we took all the balls back to the playground we were attacked by a bunch of hungry animals who almost wrestled us to the floor, and knocked over a tin of paint which went everywhere! Then in the afternoon we started on the painting which is coming along nicely now. on Thursday we got up at 4.15am to get the bus to the market in Saguisili at 5. So we had the dodgy bus ride in the dark. At the market the weather was like winter on Islay, and Mr H bought a panama hat as well as a pink ribbon to go round it! camp or what??? We saw live chickens hanging upside down and then we got the bus back to Sigchos about 10 and took pictures hanging out the window the whole way back. it was great fun and definately and experience. When we got back the weather was scorching and then we started drawing the mural. On Friday we played games with the kids all morning and started to paint the mural in the afternoon. We also poured a huge bucket of water over Mr H and then ran away and didnīt go back for and hour and a half!! The leaders cooked dinner which was very interesting and could have done without the beans!! had a meeting and decided to have a long lie on saturday which we did!! Went to cafe for lunch of the saturday and Margaret (one of our leaders) ate a fish eye for $5!! Then we had a huge game of football. After dinner we played more football as well as basketball and taught the americans strip the willow which was very amusing!! We should be able to update this on saturday so until then..... goodbye!!




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Hey Guys!
Hope you are all still having fun and aren't causing too much trouble! We are all missing you loads. (Just incase you don't know Ashley Winnard won Junior softball!) Love the pics esp the one of Mr H!!! very flattering!!! Hope you aren't too tired and keep smiling! : )
Luv ya all
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It looks like the adventure is just that and much more.
The photo's are great!
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Hi Amy,
Sounds like you are all having great fun! Photo's are good. See you back in Islay :-)
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how r u hope ur havin fun, well done winning dux of the school loved the speeche(s)
see you when u get back hope your having fun
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london win 2012 bid guys
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Hi dad, how are you? Are you enjoying Ecuador. We are on the athletics course and Daniel and Thomas are coming for pizza tonight. We are missing you lots. Remember about the strip and presents!!! We went horse riding at Mrs Kerr's and had a great time. Pepper, the cheeky horse, was very bumpy and ran away when he didn't have a saddle. The politest horse was Ben and Ashley liked him best. Iain liked Melody. We've been to the playing fields and played pitch and putt. See you soon, bye.
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hi guys wat uz doin today hope uz are enjoyin urselves
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nice photos guys, hey ross you couldnt really look any more stupid could you. hehe Mr H,s driving has allways been "good", enjoy guys and dont make too much of a mess over there.
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Hi guys sounds like youre having lots of fun, sorry i missed youre call ross, was on mainland. Wee stewart and aunty cath say hi. Weather over here raining. Stewart is allergic to sarah, everything is fine at home. See youse all soon.
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Sounds fanastic - I'll unbelievably jealous!! The idea of you lot teaching others to strip the willow worries me slightly thou, I've seen you're attempts. Glad you're all having a good time. Try to stay out of too much mischief (that includes Mr H)! Karen
hi sheila, saw the photos, the one of the clouds & volcano looks amazing! was great to hear from you, didnt expect to get an email from you! sounds exciting so far. enjoy the beans! hear from you soon hopefully. love from all at the vets (& eigg)! xx