Day 7 - Thursday 16th Nov

Submitted by Michelle Baharier on November 22, 2006 - 05:17.

I am dyslexic – your problem not mine!

My bloog day was Thursday and today is Tuesday that’s just a reflection of how busy and packed our schedule is. I have been struggling to make time to do this and it’s past midnight so here we go.

Schedule for the day:
Full day trip to Gudalur
Visit hospital
School
Meet with key team members
Visit tea factory
Have an impromptu visit to Stan’s house stay for supper
Drive back to jungle retreat and meet elephants.

Thursday was our first day in the jungle in the Nigrili hills, a really beautiful setting, and we were in the clouds literally it was stunningly beautiful. We had already meet with Stan (a very passionate man) in Mysor and discussed some of the projects and been given information prior to our visits, we also meet two colleges of his Ram and Rammer who where two stunning people who have worked with people in Indian for a long time.
    
What had already struck me was the love that radiated from theses three people when they spoke about their projects and I felt very privileged to have met them. They where running projects that surpoutered the tribal people called Adavissi who lived in this region, they had a very philpsocaill approach their work and they all made us feel at home.

Unfortunately I had had a bad night’s sleep due to a doggy tummy and when I woke up I was debating if I could make it out in case I could not get to the toilet in time. I took a nux vom homeopathic remedy, and hoped if the worst came to it I could ask the jeep driver to stop and I would risk the jungle floor. read more | add new comment | india