Today was a lot of fun. We visited two orphanages, a little over 85 children and none of them knew how to speak English so we used a translator. One was close to the center of the city and the other was in a more rural part. The children loved what we taught and were so excited to talk with us after the class and we even played a little ‘football’ (soccer) and they posed for several pictures. They all asked us to come back next year and seemed very receptive to the information we taught them.
We were then taken to a home near by and shown 6 foot bats. They were a sight to see! Then the Ben, Shawn, and Matt were given Mundu (skirt like bottoms) and then they were able to try homemade pawn. The pictures will be soon to follow once we find a computer that can support it. Then we were taken to a traditional house that has been around since 1885 and been in the same family! The tour was great! Then we were taken up into the near by forest and got to see monkeys. We were even able to feed them right out of our hands. Overall it was a very eventful day and we all had so much fun. Tomorrow Nicole leaves for Chennai too meet up with Bree’s group and will teach in the afternoon, and the rest of us will teach here one last time and then head for Ernakulam. Tonight is our last night together as a group, we are all sad it is coming to an end. We had such a great time on this trip and look forward to working together in the future. Goodbye from Calicut!
~Nicole, Shawn, Jenna, Erin, Matt, and Ben
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