Tuesday, May 5, 2009

At last in Ko Lanta

Everyone ready to go.

It took us two days to get here, amazing isn't it? We didn't have any problems other than one waterfall being full of people.

Here is a short summary:

Day one: The kids were so excited about going that they woke up at 4 in the morning instead of at 6 as agreed. We stopped at a dam and took some pictures, sweated insanely in the truck only to then have a storm catch from nowhere and getting almost everyone wet. We then stayed in a local hostel that gave us a big discount then taught the kids how to slow dance. I think that's what we did.
When it rains it pours. We all took cover with blankets but still got wet. Jessie has two kids under that blanket by the way.


Games and fights were the rule.

Day two: Drove again for hours stopping only to eat and to pee. Camped at a national park, the kids went crazy in the waterfall, it was full of fishes and they tried catching all at the same time. They all failed. The kids were so excited about going that they woke up at 4 in the morning instead of 6am as agreed. We drove from 7.30am until 8pm. Reached the hotel at 8.30. All of us were quite ready to leave the truck.


We all tried to sleep during the trip.

Day three: Since I went to bed at 4 am, I woke up with a hangover and exausted, the kids however got up at 6 and begged the teachers to go see the sea. Only 1 of the 35 had seen the sea before. For the others it was the first time out of Sangklaburi. We went to the Sweedish school and spent the days wth some of their kids, they performed traditional Sweedish dances and songs and all kids went swimming. About 7 kids -and me- got stung by jellyfish. I can tell you now that it really hurts... Now everyone is relaxing, meaning, most are asleep...

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