Saturday, October 24, 2009
Yep, am calling the place that. Still have 33 days of this... test of endurance haha. Pretty much doing nothing here, except for travelling 100km and back on a 50km/h vehicle to retrieve something... that got lost in transit =) Hereby reviving this blog for the moment, at the request of someone ahahaha!
Over here, it is a different... place of residence from the one I went last year. Totally no handphone reception, except this highly discussed tree which somehow has reception, but is "25 minutes walk away", so I guess I am too lazy to walk there ahaha. The sand (YES the SAND, called Land of the sand for a good reason) is everywhere, in the air, in your shoes, in the tent, (yep, only tents for sleeping). To illustrate how bad it was, my footwear got covered in sand from a single trip (around 30 metres) to the toilet, and back. During a 2+2 hour vehicle journey (mentioned above), the rims of my specs got coated with sand.
The temperature now is currently 25 degrees average in daytime, and can drop quite sharply in the night. Thank goodness for the sleeping bags! In the day, it is almost impossible to sleep, as the tents get heated up, and radiate the heat inwards. It is actually much cooler outside then inside, so most of us avoid the tents during the day. This makes the canteen (which screens movies) an attractive option. Been trying to study but the heat is definitely distracting!
For the next few days, probably will be doing nothing much. The main activities are scheduled for next week, so I will try to come online as much as possible.
Matt
ABUNDANT PEACE :)
3:45 PM
