Day 7 in India
I’ve been having some challenges with sending blogs and posts through to social media, it’s annoying. The dodgy internet is worse here than Australia. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Same with the electricity. You’ll...
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Day 6 in India
Another rainy day to stay in bed and read….in my dreams that would be. There’s too much to explore…the beach is a definite one. And find some fresh fruit. After breakfast we start our exploration looking at the little village shops...
Day 5 in India
Goa…here we come!!! We come out of the hotel to meet our driver to the airport, and I’m so excited to see it’s Prakash again. Yayyy!!! I’m going to give a good plug for Prakash Singh, our awesome driver who valiantly drove us around...
Day 4 in India
Today was a hot and humid day, even by Indian standards, 35 degrees. So the morning tour around the Red Fort (or Amber Fort) in Jaipur was sweaty and thirsty. Built by the moguls back in the 1100’s to house army troops and the reigning king, now...
Day 3 in India
In order to see the Taj Mahal at its best, and to avoid the crowds, we were told a sunrise viewing is best, which meant leaving at 5.30am in the dark. It was rather an absurd notion really, because when we arrived, so had all the other thousands of tourists...
Day 2 in India
I woke up rather early and was quite refreshed, considering I’d only had about 5-6hrs of broken sleep. The excitement is growing I think, and I’m too keyed up to sleep. After a yummy breakfast at the hotel restaurant of fruit, and typical...
Day 1 in India
Sitting in the plane, late in the afternoon, at Ghangzhou airport, awaiting take-off, and the energy of the mostly Indian nationals onboard is suspicious yet playful. Peter was told by a friend to be aware that Indians will rip you off while smiling pleasantly...
Healing in Bangladesh – Help Us Open a Women’s and Children’s Natural Health Centre
Recently, we responded to a plea for help from a group of Doctors in Bangladesh, who are in charge of 8 medical centres throughout the poorest parts of Dhaka, who had in their charge over 4000 children in need of care and treatments outside of traditional...
A call for help from Jembaten Senang, Bali
In 2014 I began working in Bali where, as in many developing countries, disabilities are considered a stigma, a curse, bad karma, and those wretched souls who have the misfortune of having this condition are ostracised and ignored by family and the community....
Day 9 and 10 in Bangladesh
Thursday 24th March – Day 9 We told our Bangladeshi team that we would have the day off today to rest. They were relieved too. It’s been stressful on them also, looking after us and communicating difficult messages to parents who fervently...