Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Final touches

I know I haven’t posted in a while…sorry about that. I just didn’t get around to it. I think if I post every day it will just be repetitive, so I am going to post less frequently than before.

On Friday I bought some paint to cover over an awful and completely inaccurate map of Swaziland that World Challenge painted. As a geography enthusiast, seeing wrong maps makes me cringe. I bought some cream paint to match the walls, as well as some coloured paint.

On Saturday I went on All-Out’s highlights tour. It included the second largest rock in the world, the oldest mine in the world, zip lining, a glass factory, and the untimely death of my camera. We stayed overnight in an incredibly remote part of Swaziland, where it was very windy.

Yesterday we worked on the building site. I began to work with James, my new roommate from the UK. He will be here for two months, meaning he will go around the same time as me. Before coming to Swaziland he was volunteering in Thailand.

The building is essentially finished. Today the doors and windows were installed, and I began to paint a map of Africa with flags on the wall. On Thursday there will be a ceremony for its completion, with the special guests of Roland and the village elders.

I have a bit of a cold, but I am excited to go to work tomorrow. I think the map will be finished, as well as the rest of the building.


Tata!

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