huge apologies for the lack of blogging this week chaps and chapettes but the internets been down THE WHOLE TIME. its been really annoying us all if im honest, although obviously we are lucky to get it at all blah blah blah. ANYWAY so much to catch up on...

this week for the first time i did football at a small pitch in another village. its classic africa - almost like if it was on a fifa game it would be like 'african village' setting. goals made of sticks and grass tied together for a crossbar, goats running round, huts surrounding the pitch. lots of fun. and one kid who has such good feet i genuinely think he could be pro... i might discover him and he could be like the best player ever... sounds like a movie if ever i heard one. i vote hugh grant to play me.

this weeks teaching was fun because its holidays, so we're just doing educational games and stuff (ok well you will be the judge of 'fun'). on friday we did sports day which they loved and we took them down the lake to swim, which they loved as well. then that eve went out on the lake on a boat and watched the sun set: good fun until Nick the guy im rooming with decided to (accidentally) drop his phone in the water. what a tw

at the end of the day we're not just here to volunteer - we're here to explore as well. so with this thought in our minds we decided to visit a crocodile farm yesterday. well what fun it was! they had all different sizes of crocs (not the shoes), from about a foot right up to mahoosive 10 footers. i know. we held one of the little ones which was neat, and as you can probably predict the size of the crocodile we held will of course increase every time i tell this story.

i don't want to be that guy, but i feel i should just a little. obviously its not just fun and games out here. poverty is all around, to the extent that drinking water from a bottle while in one of the villages makes you feel so guilty. there is one kid (who i cant remember if i mentioned before) but who for no reason other than just to help me walked an hour long round trip so i could find the right path home, and i havnt seen him at all for about a week and a half. there may be nothing amiss, but it does remind you of the sobering side to the situation.

anyway must dash - halfway through now folks! its flown by. even though its only been two weeks though i feel really engrained in the culture and love it here. i could murder a curry and a proper lager though...

until next time, tionana, and nobubu.