Friday, August 5, 2011

Day 6-07.05.11

morning:
-breakfast
-waited a long time to get a taxi to our work site for the day

-beach clean up with Lindsay
  super hard
  LOTS of seaweed to pick up
  beautiful views
 
  learned the game "stuff, stuff, stuff"
     like rock, paper, scissors but you make up the final word and verbally spar to see whose is better
-group
  Aidan
  Lucy
  Dylan
  Jeff

-doggie...Mr. Bananas showed up=super cute!

-a boat from Dominica got stranded with a crew of 3-5 guys, and we helped bail them out (with Laurent's permission...of course!)

-lots of snack breaks
-Magnum bars

-returned to home base
afternoon:
-many dishes
   colombo (curry) dish to clean....oh man, that one is challenging
-bilan in the sun by the water at the Grand Ravine
   *one of the most amazingly beautiful spots on the island

  activity: the person we admire most=Julie T.
-prepare for dinner homestay/get ready

-thought we were going to physical manual labor, but wound up not
-went to town with Lucy and Molly-had an orange soda!
evening:
-homestay at les Petits with Ora & Dylan

-they had an amazing view as well
les Petits
 Chantal
 Bernard-fisherman
 Angeline
 a younger boy
 Wilson (was not there then)

-we had LOTS of food:
  snacks/chips
  fruit
  Fanta

  veggies (carrots, tomatos, etc.)
  sardines

  chicken

  rice

  fruit cocktail
***the first time I held a conversation/spoke French for 2-3 hours
-we met Sylvie from le boulangerie
-saw one of the huge centipede/millipede things (never figured out which was which)
-bed! (but no fan, sadly)

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