India Bound

Well I was trying to post some photos, but for whatever reason it didn't work,so I will try again once I get to India. So stay tuned because there are some good ones coming.

We are done house bulding. Yesterday was a sad day...saying good bye to the workers and theother volunteers. I am a little amazed and a little surprised at how much affection I felt for the workers after only a couple of weeks spent with them and with most of them having very little knowledge of English. On our 2nd last day we split up into groups and went and visited about 6 of their homes. Got to meet their families and see how they live. It reinforced for me how lucky I am to live in Canada as some of them lived in homes without windows and doors and had only 2 rooms.

It was a great experience. I had a lot of laughs with both the workers and the other crazy Canadian volunteers. Now Deb and I are back in Bentota getting prepared to leave for India on the 30th. We are heading to Trivandrum and I think we will park ourselves there for about a week so we can get acclimatized to the culture and the people. A touch sad to be leaving Sri Lanka. The people and the country are gorgeous.
I also think that Deb and I feel pretty comfortable here, so heading to India will be taking us out of our comfort zone again...which can always be a little unsettling.