Day 5

A little bit after earlier today... and a lot more wet.

Hello again on this rather wet Thursday evening. The writer joins you while in the midst of a game of dominos being played in front of them. As the writer is typing, Zoe has lost again to the combined effort of McKenna and a 14-year-old native, Hanley, resulting in Zoe getting quite defensive when being told this is in the blog. Nevertheless, the day was filled with trials and tribulations. One of the biggest was repeated and heavy showers, one of which temporarily beached our efforts to work, but we got through the rough and finished roughly one mile of aqueducts. Later, after we finished that section of piping, we went off to get a sample of the beach, in preparation for our full expedition come Saturday. During this short trip, the writer found a big stick! We all ended up taking turns throwing it for a laugh, and eventually we finished and set it further up the shore to prevent it from being taken by the maw of the sea. Unfortunately, this time of joy was short-lived, as a second, even worse shower arrived, all while we were forced to walk the mile or more back to our temporary homes. Nevertheless, we all eventually found our ways back to our homes and began a chat with the families we were staying with, ranging from names, languages we speak, to other things the writer couldn’t pick up on. When the rain eventually died down, we gathered back at the dining hall, and began the aforementioned dominos game, and waited for the others to join for a meal. During the game, there was a lot of banter, with jokes, some light and some dark, but it was all in the vein of fun and friendship. With this meal session dying down, we seek to restart the dominos game and later retire to our quarters, as the process, hopefully less rainy, can start again. For now, this is the blog crew, signing off for the second time today. We will see you tomorrow. See you on the other side.

 

(P.S. Hanley is the best.)