On the 9th November, which was on a Friday so when we finished work, we had hired minibus to go to Udawalawe so we were really looking forward to it but it was a very very very LONG journey. It was very dark when we arrived and we met the owner of the 'hotel'. We then checked in, it was gorgeous, old wooden cottage style and was by a river. The little houses were surrounded by thousands of trees. I was distracted for a while before I squealed my head off as the ...

The school didn't need us today due exams so therefore Sara decided to go to the other deaf school where Sandra and Francesca worked. I decided to visit the men's special needs centre with some hearing volunteers so we went left the house at 8.15am to get a bus to Maharagama then other bus to the centre. It was really hot so I was really sweating, I was starting to wish I stayed at home and waited for Sara to come back. When we were approaching to the centre, ...

The most horrible morning ever. I was teaching a group with 5 girls and 5 boys. But the boys refused to learn or stay in the room so I struggled with the class. The girls were extremely annoyed with the boys and told me they were disgraced that the fact I came over from England to help them and to get this behaviour from them. I carried on teaching the girls, trying to make boys to join in but as when I turned around to write something on the board..the boys has...

This morning we woke up and went in the tuktuk as usual...to be returned back to the homestay as the weather was having it's own party. It was pouring down so bad and the roads were blocked as it was flooded. Some lorries and buses wouldn't work because of the depth of the water. It was rising quite fast and it became impossible for us to get to our project. Which was a shame so we returned home to see some other hearing volunteers aswell. They couldn't reach the...

Woken up at 7am to have breakfast at 7.30am which were fried eggs on the toast, and cup of tea! I enjoyed the breakfast very much so as it was needed before climbing the Sigiriya rock which is supposedly to be hell. We headed off for the rock at 8 clock as the gate opens at 8.30 and we were recommended to do this climb in the morning, early morning before the soaring sun comes up and cook us. So we bought our tickets and I was really excited because I heard it w...