Global Poverty Monitor

Things are going a lot better now. After the last entry I rang Mum and talked about stuff, and she suggested I leave my room and hang around common areas to hopefully find some people who speak English. So I went to the kitchen and quickly met some people from England, who were just as annoyed and frustrated as I am about the others refusing to speak English. We went and sat in another room and talked for a while, with some other people from elsewhere but who did speak English with us. We spent the next few hours just talking and not doing a lot. I rang Mum again and asked her to find out about a hotel I can stay at in Durban. I’m thinking of leaving here on Friday 14th rather than Monday 17th, and spending three nights in Durban before I fly to Kenya. That would mean that I don’t have to spend a weekend here where we don’t get to visit the projects, and I’ll also get another mini-holiday between my volunteering work and my trip to Kenya. I’m sure there’s a lot to see in Durban and it would be great to stay somewhere nice and have a chance to see around. I want to make sure that I do whatever I want to do as this is my trip and it really has cost a lot, so I want to make the most of it and have no regrets.

After that was sorted I felt a lot better, then went into the kitchen. Becky (one of the British girls) and Iris and I decided to make dinner together, which basically ended up with Becky doing everything and Iris and I asking every now and then if there was something we can do to help. We had jacket potatoes with tuna, lettuce and tomato. It was actually really nice, even though it’s a combination I haven’t had before. After tea I asked Becky if there were any spare beds inside the house, or even in the room she was in. She took me upstairs and it turned out there was a spare bed in the room she shared with Iris and Amy (the British girl with the boyfriend, Martin). So I moved my stuff into their room, which is great for about a million reasons. First of all its with people that I like, its with people that speak English, its inside the house rather than in the rooms outside, and its near a bathroom with a shower, unlike my old room which only had a bath. Oh and I actually get a proper bed rather than the top part of a bunk. And it just seems clearer, newer and nicer. And I took a blanket from my old room so I’ll be a bit warmer too. That’s pretty much everything up until now. We’re all pretty tired here so will probably go to bed soon. Everyone’s just writing in their diaries at the moment.

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