Death by chocolate brownie... The following week followed much as the previous as we settled into the everyday routine of the camp. Some days were more successful, particularly when we came up with new and even more interesting verses (with particularly exciting actions) for 'Wheels on the bus' and anything to do with colouring and other days did not go so well (picture screaming, scratching kids). Stella and I found it much harder to get through to the older gi...

Hey Guys! Sorry it's been a while, I bet you've all been desperate for updates, hehe! So where was I.... Aha, the second day of volunteering went much as the previous, the kids grizzled away for hours, hit each other and drew on the walls. However, I began to notice the differences in the abilities of the children. Amazingly a select few actually knew all their alphabet and numbers and were able to write the entire thing down too. One kid particularly stuck out,...

The next morning we were given pancakes for breakfast! You honestly have no idea how excited we got about this :) That day was set aside to visit all the diferent projects we would be volunteering at. In the morning, we went to lots of different day care centres. The kids were unbelievably cute and the facilities really quite awful. We finished the morning by visiting the slum school, Monte Hill, where the children were became very over-excited at our arrival de...

How to lose a camera in 7 days... So the dreaded trek was over and we returned to the ashram yoga retreat. The day began with 7am yoga! Stella and I were told off for both laughing and being rubbish, which was naturally to be expected! Later that day, we went to some ancient caves. However, a group of white girls appeared to be a far greater attraction for the locals. Not only were we continuely stared at, but people actually asked to have their photos taken w...

Guess what?! I'm still alive!!!! Day One: I arrived in Mumbai at around lunchtime, having already met up with a girl from Jersey who was on my flight. We were taken to our hotel which proved to be in the middle of nowhere. We met up with two Aussies, a Norweigan and another Brit before heading out for a wonder around. Needless to say a group of girls wondering the streets of northern Mumbai is clearly not common place and we attracted a great deal of attention, ...