The weekend already! On Friday, we enjoyed our last day with Amber, Becky and Alex by relaxing and swimming at the pool. We bid them farewell by having dinner at our favourite local restaurant. Tomorrow morning once we say our goodbyes to them, it will be just Steph and I until our new volunteers and housemates arrive on Sunday evening.
After the morning goodbyes on Saturday, Steph and I went to our coordinators' Tukky and Worn's village to teach the village children English for the day. The class was held at Tukky's house and the children were a mixed age group. It was so lovely to teach again as I had missed school a couple of days during the week and worked at the childcare centre. Steph and I taught the children fruits, animals and classroom objects. They really enjoyed doing the word searches! It was an enjoyable day and I wished I could come again to teach the village children. A quiet evening for Steph and I, but we kept busy by cooking dinner, trip planning, chatting and reading.
Our coordinator, Worn picked us up on Sunday morning to go and watch some local football being played between his team and opponents. Having been to watch a couple of weekends ago and really enjoying the atmosphere, I was delighted to be able to go again. Another victory for Worn's team and smiles all around. On the way home, we stopped off at a watermelon farm and bought a whole bag of fresh watermelons! We returned home and Worn taught us how to make Thai fried rice for lunch. Watermelons and fried rice - just wonderful!
After a quick clean and relax, we were eager to welcome our new housemates. There were two new medical volunteers from Sweden called Fred and Sara, and two new childcare volunteers from England called Lauren and Jay. We were all chatting away in no time. The coordinators and Steph and I took them for dinner and to the local supermarket. It was good to be able to welcome them into the home and fill them in a little bit about Surin.
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