Last weekend we had the most ridiculous journey through the mountains to reach our final destination in Guatemala (apparently on a major road!). I managed to get two tyres burst on our trailer during my driving stint (well the road did!) and our 4x4 nearly fell off the side of a cliff…and that’s just one of our five vehicles! Thankfully we nearly all managed to arrive in good spirits and all safely, although our vehicles needed some repair work!
Our last stop in Guatemala has been spent at the House of the Joyous ones (best translation there is), a home for children with special needs. All of the children are disabled in some way and some have found their home here due to not being wanted by their birth families. The team has been painting, preparing meals, gardening and doing carpentry whilst also getting our team vehicles fixed. It has been fantastic to watch the children be cared for so well in such a loving environment and we have been so well looked after also.
About a third of us have had a bout of headlice and we are in the process of trying out various treatments (nit cream, shampoo, vinegar and alcohol at last count!). My head has been the worse (apparently I had 1000s of eggs!!) and it has been a little infuriating as I asked somebody to check my itchy head a couple of weeks ago to be told I had dandruff….when I think I actually had nits! Some of my American team mates have been horrified to hear that nits are not unusual in England, particularly when at primary school…I am still enjoying learning about the cultural differences!
Next stop: El Salvador. Love and miss you all!
Mayonnaise/hair conditioner....anything that will starve the "Borrowers" (as we like to call them)of oxygen! Hope that helps!!!
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