Day 4: Village Here We Come!

I was right no rooster could have woken me up from my exhaustion from yesterday, I finally had a good night sleep and was ready for whatever adventure awaited, We had breakfast and I had …. scrambled eggs and toast, how surprising! Before we went to do all of our activities we had a brief Lightroom Software tutorial about how to set up our pictures and upload them onto our computer. It was pretty boring but we got through it I actually learned a lot of neat tricks thanks to Brett. Afterwards we packed to go snorkeling, I wasn’t really feeling it that day so I didn’t change into my swimsuit. We had to walk over through the rocks to reach the island where they were going to snorkel. Since there was a low tide there was room to walk but we all still got scratches and by now our feet were completely messed up. When we reached we had lunch it wasn’t too filing but it gave us some energy to play Frisbee! It was so much fun but surprisinnlgy hard to play in the sand. We split up into teams and we had Claire who is amazing at every single sport. She caught the Frisbee so many times but we were still managing to lose. However Brett came into our team and changed the game. He is awesome at Frisbee and made us win the game. I caught some Frisbees that I was pretty proud of but our whole team was great. After that exhausting game I was for sue not up for snorkeling they had to wait for the water to rise so now it did. They left and me and Mariam chilled on the beach, Mariam started singing and who knew she was amazing! When they came back from snorkeling they were all laughing and said the Jamison, one of the students, fell while climbing the ladder. While he was falling he said” going down”, it was the highlight of their day and probably mine even though I wasn’t there. They also saw cool coral that when you touch it changed colors. I wish I got to see that but I was happy that I rested. We went back to the hotel and took cold showers and got packed to go to the village. I was really debating whether I would enjoy it or not but we left and it took about an hour to get there. It was poring really hard and once we got off of the bus there were 10 guts with umbrellas escorting us so we wouldn’t get wet. They were really excited hat we came and had been waiting for this moment for months. We were taken to this community-gathering place where there was tons of kids and parents smiling with joy. The villagers told us that they built toilets and showers just for us! After we took off our shoes and sat Indian style next to a huge bowl of kava! Lisa and Brett presented them with kava and in return they welcomed us into their village. We all received a bowl of kava, how wonderful!  Before they gave me kava I had to clap before and after drinking it. This kava tasted a lit bit better but the after taste was still pretty bad.  After we all drank kava they performed a dance for us. It was awesome and we wanted to learn this dance before we left.  We all met Angie again and she was so happy to see us. The girls stayed in her house it was actually really nice and big. I was glad to be staying there. We had dinner and it was awesome, I had chicken and rice. After we went back to the community hall and there was music, dancing, and more kava. I had a few more but then I didn’t feel to well, so I stopped. Here I met 2 amazing people Mel and Wicky, they told me to call them by their nicknames. It took them a while to fully pronounce my name but they got it. Elizabeth and I danced with them. It was soon approaching 10, our bedtime. We said our goodbyes and had a quick session to talk about the next day and say our highs and lows. I said my low was the weather and my high was seeing everyone at the village and their amazing singing and dancing skills. I set up my sleeping pad and sheet n the floor and pray I get a good night sleep.