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The journey to slovakia which started at 4.00am was a long one, for both staff and cadets. However, with Nuts magezines in hand and Mr Taylor's witty comments, the delayed transit flight in Bratislava was soon behind us and the group finally crash landed in Kosice at 10.30pm. Here we were greeted by Flt Lt Aala and other members of the Dorka centre, only to discover that the hot water for the whole community was to be turned off at 12.00pm that night......and then the stampede started.
The Dorka centre exceeded all our expectations, with both excellent living quarters and food, together with the great hospitality and soon the centre was like the home we never had. The 1st day came to shock for some with a 6.ooam wakeup call from Mr Taylor. There was no hesitation to get us in to work, and our efforts have impressed the Slovak builder, who consequently ran out of things for us to do.....but he soon found plenty more walls which needed tapping.
On Tuesday, both groups started their first whole day of work. However, in the afternoon my group were treated to local confidence course in Tanzania, while the other group unwillingly tided up our mess. So a couple bus rides later, and a long walk in the rain only to find it all closed even though we had previously rang to check. Then our happiness heightened, by finding that we had missed the last bus back to Kosice, so a long wait in the rain was endured before being ferried back to the Dorka centre by Mrs Aala. And you can only imagine the laughter of the other group when we revealed that it was in fact a disaster. Thanks Ros.
On Wednesday, my group were treated again to a trip to some local caves. The first cave was interesting but let down by the boatride not operating due to a lack of water. The second was amazing as it was made entirely out of ice and a freezing cold -10, as you would expect. This didn't go well with the 20 minute walk in the rain, up the moutain to the cave. We took an alternative route back to the centre, as the persistant rain had created rivers within the roads. 100 kilometers and an over turned lorry later we arrived back in Kosice. We were then treated to a trip to the local Roma gypsie settlements, where the whole group were surprised at the completely different life style they portay.
The journey to slovakia which started at 4.00am was a long one, for both staff and cadets. However, with Nuts magezines in hand and Mr Taylor's witty comments, the delayed transit flight in Bratislava was soon behind us and the group finally crash landed in Kosice at 10.30pm. Here we were greeted by Flt Lt Aala and other members of the Dorka centre, only to discover that the hot water for the whole community was to be turned off at 12.00pm that night......and then the stampede started.
The Dorka centre exceeded all our expectations, with both excellent living quarters and food, together with the great hospitality and soon the centre was like the home we never had. The 1st day came to shock for some with a 6.ooam wakeup call from Mr Taylor. There was no hesitation to get us in to work, and our efforts have impressed the Slovak builder, who consequently ran out of things for us to do.....but he soon found plenty more walls which needed tapping.
On Tuesday, both groups started their first whole day of work. However, in the afternoon my group were treated to local confidence course in Tanzania, while the other group unwillingly tided up our mess. So a couple bus rides later, and a long walk in the rain only to find it all closed even though we had previously rang to check. Then our happiness heightened, by finding that we had missed the last bus back to Kosice, so a long wait in the rain was endured before being ferried back to the Dorka centre by Mrs Aala. And you can only imagine the laughter of the other group when we revealed that it was in fact a disaster. Thanks Ros.
On Wednesday, my group were treated again to a trip to some local caves. The first cave was interesting but let down by the boatride not operating due to a lack of water. The second was amazing as it was made entirely out of ice and a freezing cold -10, as you would expect. This didn't go well with the 20 minute walk in the rain, up the moutain to the cave. We took an alternative route back to the centre, as the persistant rain had created rivers within the roads. 100 kilometers and an over turned lorry later we arrived back in Kosice. We were then treated to a trip to the local Roma gypsie settlements, where the whole group were surprised at the completely different life style they portay.
For Thursday and Friday we contiued the TIP TAPPING of the old classroom walls. On Saturday we started our main project, of creating foundations on the Dorka Centres roof. Finally we see the sun.
On Monday after work, the whole group were taken to a nearby lake, where we tried to waterski. It was a great laugh with only a few people making it a couple meters past the starting platform.
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