Project week in Tampat Do Aman

The last five days have been very challenging but very rewarding and arguably has been the best week so far,  the highlight of our trip!
After the journey to Tampat Do Aman with Neil, Fen, Imogen and Dan spending three and a half hours in baby seats resulting in bad backs, we were all refreshed by the change of scenery with the white sand beach and the clear turquoise of the sea. We finally met Howard, the guy in charge of our project phase, who in fact was from stratford! 
Originally we were slightly disappointed by the project which was set for us of building a fence for a nature reserve.... we wanted kids! All thanks to Neil and Jess who spent time to talk to the local headteacher (Victor) and managed to sort us out with a couple of jobs at the local school based around the kindergarten. This involved Jon fixing swings and Jack fixing the see-saw and then the rest of the group repainting the outside of a building, this was completed alongside 180 feet of fence! Many of us learnt how heavy gravel can be, how hard girders are to carry up a hill, how clumsy Fen can be and how satisfying it was to see the local children enjoying our sports day!  See photos above.
To complete the week, the restaurant on the beach was perfectly located as we were able to enjoy our meals in view of the sunset and not just the stargazers amongst us were in heaven as we could see the milky-way as well as millions of stars.
We are now off to the Phillipino market for some dinner, continually nudging Matt to stay awake after he braved the half past five sunrise over the rice padis!

Everyone sends their love,
Fen, Beth, Jack and Matt