Hello,

Well it is Thursday today and I have been given the all clear by the doctor to go diving, so my course starts tomorrow! I am quite excited now. I saw my first ray today. I was on a beach and decided to go and paddle for a bit, I stepped in the water, over the seaweed like stuff, and somethimg floated by, I turned to look and it was a ray, apparently a sting ray. I thought I was being paranoid shuffling my feet in water that barely covered my ankles but apparently not. I

jumped right out of the water, rather scared. And looked at it again. I ran to get my camera but needn't have ran, he wa swimming around for about 10 minutes. I took quite a few pictures, but this was by far the best one.... School today was good, the regular teacher was back, and it wasn't that much calmer with her around. I don't think I am used to how frantic nursery can be. We did a cutting activity where they had to cut along a few straight lines and stop at a certain point, and then after breakfast, which today was chips with mayonnaise and ketchup and half a bright red sausage with some random juice (all at 9am), we did a tearing paper and sticking activity. I am in class with another volunteer at the moment and it is her last day tomorrow, so from monday I will be on my own.

The homestay we are in is great. The woman whose house it is, Auriola, has 3 grown children who don't live at home and she has a woman who helps out with the cooking, Dina. The food is amazing, always different, lots of fresh fruit, veg and juices. They are really friendly and very patient when I try out my bad spanish on them. There are 8 other volunteers in the house and there are rarely dull moments. There is a hammock out front, which is great for just chilling in, and a big patio area to eat out on. We are one of the lucky few volunteers to have hot water, which is a blessing. This is a picture of the house we are staying at.