hey guys!
still having a fab time! On Tuesday we went to girls shelter! We did some arts and crafts activities with them- they made windmills, coloured in wooden people to look like themselves, and coloured in wooden animals! The woman who runs the shelter was really excited about the activities we were doing as she said they don't get to do craft activities, they only ever have blank pieces of paper to draw on! We think next time we go see the girls we are going to try and go for their morning yoga session so that we can join in! We might take our nail varnishes as well so that we can give the girls a bit of pampering- dont think they get much of that!! They keep admiring our nails so we think that they'll like it! On Wednesday we went to Madan Pura which was some more slums. We had to change trains 3 times which was an absolute nightmare as it was really busy and everyone was pushing everyone else around! Lisa got 2 hands on her back on her way off one of the trains and they gave her a big shove!!! When we eventually got to Mumbai Central station and met Ruchita and Natski at 11am (we had been up since 6:30!) we were knackered and very hot and bothered as it was a really hot day! We headed to Madan Pura and went around some of the factories that employ children so that Ruchita could speak to the owners. We did that for an hour and then Ruchita said that the Pratham Drop in Centre at Madan Pura was closed on a Wednesday so we had done everything there that we could do (que annoyed Claire and Lisa who had been up very early, travelled on a ridiculous amount of trains, all for an hour following Ruchita about!!) While we were at Madan Pura we saw some funny sights (mostly involving stupid goats!) we also smelled what can definately be described as the worst smell yet! (no idea what it was but it made us both gag!!) After we had finished at Madan Pura we endured the 3 change journey back to Panvel for som hot showers at the hotel and then started planning our weekend again! This morning we heard back from a company we had emailed about Elephant Sanctuaries! So we are hopefully going on Sunday until Tuesday to Kerala in South India to the National Park! We will be staying in what looks like a nice hotel with an OUTDOOR pool (woohoo!) and will be doing an elephant ride (amongst other things with the elephants), a spice plantation tour, a boat safari, and a martial arts show in the local theatre! We're very excited- going to book it tomorrow! Tonight we've been to the Boys Shelter and done some activities there! Had a great night but knackered now as the boys were on top form! We discovered a Dominos on the way back from the shelter so we grabbed some pizzas for our dinner and sat watching gossip girl in our hotel room while eating them!! All in all a great night!!
Hope you're all good,
8 days left in India!
Lots of love,
Lisa and Claire xXxXxXx