Nikita.
No longer Manchester.
No longer a final year wildlife biology student.
Non-obsessive blogger of CD reviews, gig reviews/interviews, travel, photos, friends and everyday happenings.
Just read or not. Whatever you fancy.
Hi everyone,
Sorry for being out of touch for so long. I’ve been in Indonesia now for 5 days and not really done much.
Thursday was spent on the bus after being picked up from the airport by the other PA’s from the project. The buses are literally like a mini van and they pile as many people in as possible. The locals are really friendly though and no amount of backpacks and unknown luggage bothers them. Our massive backpacks were strapped to the roof of the van and I watched intently out of the window waiting for a corner, and the moment my bag flew off the roof into the undergrowth. Thankfully, three hours later it was still on the roof…PHEW
Friday we decided not to start work until Monday and had a long weekend. We didn’t really do much, I just sat around Coconut trying to figure out the Indonesian language, and just getting used to the place. Saturday was pretty much the same, except I got accustomed to the shower here. It’s like a big garbage bin that catches all the rain fall with a plastic type saucepan in it to throw the water over yourself. Refreshing but difficult. On Sunday all went down to the river and it was much easier to wash there. The current rinses the shampoo from your hair better too. After about half an hour frolicking in the water we did notice 3 big water buffalos on the edge of the shore, thankfully they were tied up. PHEW
All the locals loved 3 white people walking around the village. The house is really obscure too. The office is the center of it all, with the kitchen and 3 bathrooms coming off it on one side and another 3 bedrooms coming off the other side. All built above a pond, and surrounded by paddy fields. Very basic and out in the sticks. Don’t expect me to be using much toilet roll when I get back. Haha In fact just leave a bucket of water and a cup by the loo and I’ll be reet!
Anyway I shall post this before the internet cuts out again. But hopefully, I will be back before soon. We have 3 volunteers arriving on Monday, a Siingapore school group on the 17th June and then 4 more volunteers, for July, so all busy until then…
…for the mass spamming of photo’s I have been aimlessly clicking through for 20 minutes, but I’m not gonna….I never “Tumbl” as such so here is my years worth!!!!
So it’s 2156, and my last full night in Kuala Lumpur…I desperately need to pack/organise my bag as everything has been pulled out of it and just shoved back in my locker (promising yourself you will keep things neat never works, trust me)
The worst part about packing a rucksack is knowing the right order to pack things in. I hate pulling everything out for one little thing at the bottom!!! I have to check out by 11am tomorrow and am still to pack, but plenty time left, no worries.
Last night was a bit mad…I have realised that with Chinese people, if you say “oh we could get a whiskey” and then laugh (meaning it’s a joke), they will slope off somewhere and arrive back with whiskey ice and coke…that is what that night consisted off, followed by a bottle of vodka. It was 5am before I went to bed…
It is now 11:38am on 20th May (writing in 2 parts) I am all packed and successfully checked out of the hostel. My bus isn’t until midnight though, so I’m taking things easy. Changing money, Reading, eating, etc etc
Tomorrow I will arrive in Singapore around 7am and my hostel is only a 15min walk away, atleast tht early it will be cool-ish. Once I’m There i’m going to arrange my Indonesian visa and hopefully be first in line!! Dreading embassy queues!! Bleeghhhhh
So today is gonna be awesome!
I am awake at 8.30 ready to start my day!!!
Got to;
Wash car
Check oil and put some more water in it
Get dressed and showered (not in that order)
Breakfast
Find out what I’m going to wear tonight
Go to Sainsburies
Pick up Heather and Lidia from the train and bus station, they’ve both travelled from opposite ends of the country!!
Entertain ourselves for 5 hours, whilst checking into hotel and sorting ourselves out!
Tea at my mums which does include birthday cake!
Dalb’s for pre-drinks and party games
Acca
Then everything will most likely get blurry!!!
Too excited to see Heather and Lidia right now, wish it was one already!!!
