We went back to the village that we went to on Monday and made the shell jewellery, crowns and painted shells. Outside we played ball and got the parachute out. I played with a girl called Rebecca (aged 13). It was so fun but it got very hot. We had lunch with the locals who cooked rice with a fishy noodle sauce and what looked like cockles with breadfruit. The breadfruit tasted powdery and strange. The Fijian hospitality is so friendly, they all have huge smiles. Didn't bother wearing shoes today so I was worried I would tread on some weird bug. There is apparently something called a Spab or spider crab that can drop from the trees and kill people! We were also told to be aware of poisonous cone shells, stingrays, jellyfish, stonefish and sea snakes! All of which can be deadly. Do not pick up any pretty shells! When we got back we pretty much jumped straight into the sea to cool off.
In the education group there is Emily (Australian), Angela (Swiss), Jon (Canadian), Nat (US) and Tyler (US). Other people joining us at the moment are Nish (UK but born in Sri Lanka) and Lena (UK but part Danish). They also do construction ~ glad I'm not doing that in the heat! So there is a real mix of people. Everyone has to do base chores and I do recycling every Thursday and a kitchen clean every Tuesday as well as cooking ~ not like home! Other chores include looking after the veggie patch, rot patrol, cleaning the toilets and the GVI blog.
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