our snorkeling trip

As promised here are some photos from our trip:

Before and after:

Everyone's half dead... I'm right above the pink shirt boy, on the blue mat.

I've been getting some questions about the children of the forest kids so I'll try to sum it up:

Not all of them are orphans, just more or less half of them.

Some were abandoned by the parents.

Some have a distant relative that may or may not be in touch.

Some just go to the children of the forest school and then go back to their families whether it's a blood relative or guardian.

All are very poor. Several showed up for this trip with only a t-shirt, some with no shoes.

Out of all 350 kids from the project it was hard to choose 38, the idea was to give a real holiday to the ones with really tough lives.

Most only get the one meal at the school so for this trip most of the budget goes to the food, we told them they could eat as much as they wanted... Some eat so much we can't help but stare.

Oh, yes! And they are all adorable...