3 Day Weekend

So I don't know why, but it's another holiday. It might have something to do with the re-election of the president today, but at the end of the day I have a day off work, which is fantastic.

As of yesterday I have less than two weeks left of my trip which is rather strange. I'm looking forward to going home but at the same time I feel as though I could easily do another 2/3 weeks here. Yesterday in class we went through the translation that I set for their test line by line and I feel as though they understood most of the errors that they made. Hopefully we are making progress. I delivered them the news that they didn't have class the next day which cheered them up no end. Since there were no classes today we all went (the other volunteers, not the students, that would be illegal) out for a couple of drinks at the local bar where I possibly played the worst game of pool I can remember playing. Rather embarrassing. Tail between my legs, I went home at around 12ish and sat around reading for a bit before calling it a night.

I was hoping for a bit of a lie in but that was a hope too far. I understand that everyone gets up early here, but is it necessary to have a shouting match across the breakfast table at 7:30 in the morning? So alas I got up around 8:30. Mid morning I walked over to a beach not far from my house which has a great snorkelling spot. Unfortunately the waters were choppy and so the underwater vision wasn't great due to all the sand being kicked up off the sea bed from the strong currents, but I still saw a few sea turtles and some sea lions, which was good enough for half an hour in the sea. At around 12 30 I headed back for lunch and now i'm in my room writing to you lovely readers (if there still is anyone reading this, I hope there's at least one). This afternoon I'm going to buy some more sun cream to protect my delicate complexion which I will have you all know is developing a tan. Then after I may head over to the beach or I will go to the supermarket to stock up on some tins or tuna and sweetcorn for my trip to Isabella as I'm trying to cut down on costs. I'm not sure how often I will get an internet connection but there won't be another blog post until monday afternoon so I suppose I kind of have to leave you on a cliff hanger to entice you back like any good soap opera on it's friday evening show. Or I can just hope that you all have enough kindness in your hearts to return on monday without one.

So that's all I have for you for now. Have a good weekend. Until next time.