Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl

The most traumatic thing happened yesterday. Something I had hoped I would never have to encounter. I have seen fires all over the place before and couldn't even imagine how devastating and scary an experience it could be until I was actually faced with it first hand. So it seemed only natural …

We were welcomed by another school. This time treated to a traditional dance from two guys in traditional dress. They danced us into the building of another packed waiting room. We were invited on stage to light candles in Buddhist tradition. I really like how much of an effort the people of Sri L…

A few weeks before Christmas on my day off I ventured into the cold to New Town Pertemps building. If you have never been to this Pertemps they have a great cafe that serve some lush Jamaican food. When I worked at the children centre we often popped to New Town to fill our belly. Pertemps is not j…

So we are back now and what a ride. Sorry about the wifi it made it really difficult to keep up to date. Although again it just shows you how much we take for granted in the UK. Super fast WIFI seems to be everywhere these days. So to find a 4 star hotel struggling to keep their WIFI going and havi…

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I think I think I may have seen the most beautiful thing eve this morning. We woke up super early to try and capture the sunrise. We decided as a team that we really wanted to see it happen in Uchisar by the castle over pigeon Valley. Luck was on our side as balloons were also flying. …

When I first looked at the programme for today I rolled my eyes. More fairy chimney and another cave hotel. Isn't it kid of scary how quickly you can start to take things for granted? Like when I get home I will long to drink tea looking at beautiful landscapes when all I see from my window is …

When you're filming free days are never free days which I have to say dear reader if you love film is no big issue. Although it can be crazy stressful and hard work if you genuinely love doing something it really doesn't feel like work.

All week I have been bugging the guys to really take a…

Today I missed out on going on a hot air balloon. Half the participants went though and it was amazing just to see how happy they are. How often in youth work can you say you have had the chance to go on a hot air balloon? I know if I had contacted my manager I could have probably got the extra mo…

Finally after lots of tea drama managed to have a cup of tea yay. Let me take you back a few days. We went and bought a kettle so we could make sure that everyone could have tea or at least a hot water bottle. Then we had the genius idea to go and buy some milk. So we bought what looked like milk a…

Time just flies by so fast I can't believe it is already Friday. Had the most amazing sleep last night even though I actually only got to sleep an extra half hour but mmmmm. I had negotiated a later start for the team as they had a super long day yesterday. One of the teams didn't get back …

Sleepy eyed I am waiting for the team to come back from visiting Turkish Families. They all chipped together to buy their hosts for the night some lovely cake. I thought this was a really sweet gesture from the team which just shows we really do have a lovely group of young people on this trip. I s…