It's 12am, it's pitch black, all you can hear is the sound of your own heart beat and someone being sick a few steps in front of you. It's cold, it's windy and all you have is a head torch to guide your way. It's summit night on Kilimanjaro and it's about to be the …
Another Life Update and Thoughts On Christmas
December has been crazy, I didn't even notice it pass. I swear to God it was just Halloween like yesterday, and wasn't I in Morocco the other week? This month I have been crazy focussed...on everything at once! Firstly of course there is Uni which, being in second year, has upped the pace a wee …
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Freshers Flu
This time last year I was a genuine fresher, I'd hardly drank a drop of alcohol in my life (it was reserved for special occasions *rolls eyes*). I moved into halls and I stocked up on everything I possibly could to prevent myself from catching the dreaded Freshers Flu. I was terrified of being ill …
Morocco – 22nd of June
Our last day in the village of Marigha. We felt so welcomed and accepted by the people in the village that it made us sad to think we had to leave. I know that we will all miss the children so much. In terms of building work we were back to sand chaining and shovelling. …
Morocco – 21st of June
Plastering walls in Morocco essentially consists of throwing cement at walls. We spent the day being taught the technique that means the cement actually sticks to the wall; this does not mean that the cement actually stuck to the wall. The children were waiting outside the house wanting to play after we finished building, so …
Morocco – 20th of June
I think the villagers were becoming more used to us being there, we had a bigger audience at the build site and even a couple of the local girls came out to see what we were doing. One of the the girls wanted to give us a hand with the building, she must have been …
Morocco – 19th of June
The site had gained an audience, the children came to watch us build and some even wanted to help. They had also brought a tiny little kitten with them which was just adorable. We were making more sand chains but because I was on a slight slope I kept managing to batter my legs with …
Morocco – 18th of June
The first thing I did in the morning was look across to the the mountains opposite us. The clouds were tucked in-between them, just under their peaks, hugging the sides like fluffy white glaciers. It was a beautiful start to my day. We had a free afternoon after our morning's work on the building site …
Morocco – 17th of June
A lot of sand chaining happened today (pretty much we lined up and passed buckets of sand down the chain and then the empty buckets back up the chain). Some people were also continuing with cement mixing and wall building. I have to say that chains really are the most efficient way of moving heavy …
Morocco – 16th of June
I was woken at five in the morning by the prayer call from the village mosque, I thought it was a dream. I was even more sure when I asked Imogen and Lorna if they had heard it and they said they hadn't, especially when I could have sworn I asked Imogen what time it …
