it has been quite an experience. i'd never lived with kids before, so the pestalozzi foundation house, with its 25 (lovely but nevertheless demanding) children has been a huge change in way of life for me. with just a few days left before i leave for nepal i'm preparing to say goodbye to everyone and am making the most of the time i have left here. i am ready to go now though. since the children started going to school a month ago, my job has been one of chasing rather than teaching, which isn't half as much fun. i'm really looking forward to having some freedom back, and exploring further afield.
and the water is running out. the residential house we're living in was not designed to hold 28 people, and as the weather hots up (and we all crave more and more cold showers) there is increasingly less water coming into the tanks. it's a real problem and rainwater harvesting hasn't yet caught on here either, which is puzzling.
in this heat, my favourite time is at night, sleeping under the stars (and a mosquito net) on the roof, where i'm also out of earshot of those pesky noisy children. the last couple of nights, however, i've had to make a hasty retreat inside due to dramatic lightning storms that light up the sky, as well as the town of mussoorie on the hills above dehradun. the wind rips through the house, and all the doors bang open and shut, like some crazy horror movie, with cups smashing in the kitchen and washing strewn here and there in the morning.
we're all off pick-nicking this weekend to celebrate my departure, and i'm promised the possibility of swimming again at the spot where we're going. some of the nepalese kids i might see again while i'm in nepal, but to the others it is goodbye and good luck, and thank you for a fantastic time!
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