Hi all.
Well the journey here was definetly a long one and the 4am start seems like years ago. The flight to Bratislava was on time and very comfortable. Then a long wait in the duty free in Bratislava waiting for our connecting flight. Once it did arrive it was dark and windy making for a landing which was actually able to wake Sam Kadoche. We were then greeted by Ros and the staff from the centre.
The Dorka centre is much nicer than I think anyone expected and the rooms and food are excellent. We have all been put to work straight away and the head Slovak builder is very impressed with how well we have destroyed the plaster on the walls and I think everyone's muscles are quickly growing and I am dreaming of hitting a wall over and over.
On Tuesday, my group were treated to a trip to Tarzania, a local confidence course, which we were all very excited to be going to. Two bus rides later and a walk up the road - closed - eventhough we did phone ahead. Then, to our delight, there were no buses back. Fortunately Ros' Wife came to our aid.
Yesterday, my group travelled to two caves. The first was massive with a boat ride, but unfortunately there wasn't enough water for them to float eventhough it was raining all day - so much that we encountered a brand new river on our return journey. The second cave was full of ice. Massive 27m deep ice with tunnels for us to walk through and the -10 degrees wasn't helped by the fact that we were soaking from the rain! We all enjoyed it though and the second team are as keen as mustard to follow suit!
Returning, we detoured through the Roma settlements. The dreadful living conditions really brought home the quality of life that some people here are living. The people have been given high rise appartments but chose to destroy them and use the contents for fire fuel, and then live outsider. Bizarre.
So I will return to work after this rest and look forward to lunch and the daily pilgrimage to Lidl!
Well the journey here was definetly a long one and the 4am start seems like years ago. The flight to Bratislava was on time and very comfortable. Then a long wait in the duty free in Bratislava waiting for our connecting flight. Once it did arrive it was dark and windy making for a landing which was actually able to wake Sam Kadoche. We were then greeted by Ros and the staff from the centre.
The Dorka centre is much nicer than I think anyone expected and the rooms and food are excellent. We have all been put to work straight away and the head Slovak builder is very impressed with how well we have destroyed the plaster on the walls and I think everyone's muscles are quickly growing and I am dreaming of hitting a wall over and over.
On Tuesday, my group were treated to a trip to Tarzania, a local confidence course, which we were all very excited to be going to. Two bus rides later and a walk up the road - closed - eventhough we did phone ahead. Then, to our delight, there were no buses back. Fortunately Ros' Wife came to our aid.
Yesterday, my group travelled to two caves. The first was massive with a boat ride, but unfortunately there wasn't enough water for them to float eventhough it was raining all day - so much that we encountered a brand new river on our return journey. The second cave was full of ice. Massive 27m deep ice with tunnels for us to walk through and the -10 degrees wasn't helped by the fact that we were soaking from the rain! We all enjoyed it though and the second team are as keen as mustard to follow suit!
Returning, we detoured through the Roma settlements. The dreadful living conditions really brought home the quality of life that some people here are living. The people have been given high rise appartments but chose to destroy them and use the contents for fire fuel, and then live outsider. Bizarre.
So I will return to work after this rest and look forward to lunch and the daily pilgrimage to Lidl!
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