I'm afraid this journal is sort of going to go backwards, as I've recently arrived home and am missing travelling so much that all I want to do is dwell on the past thirty-something days. So, I'm not going to follow the trip in a neat, precise order, but randomly describe the best moments of the trip if that's all right with you?
So, let me introduce you to my team. We're a bunch of school kids from London and the southeast. We're accompanied by three adult leaders, one of whom detests children and disappeared from the moment we landed to the moment we departed. The other two were lovely, but rather fond of Tiger Beer and each other, and tended to drift off only to return occasionally with utterly useless tipsy advice. There were ten of us kids, three boys and seven girls all ranging between 16-18 and with the exception of one, still at school or preparing for university. The three boys were T, determined to hide a soft heart beneath a tough exterior, J, the mystery man with strange and sudden mood swings but a great sense of humour, and O, the sweet, charming if blunt and tactless one. The girls could be grouped, the two close friends, the delightful S and F. The older two, infinitely wiser and more elegant De and Di. That leaves the two sweet and crazy Year 12s, R and JM, and of course, myself, A. So now you know us, let me prove to you just how much of a fantastic time we had!