Happy New Year!!!

Came down to the south coast for New Year to the small village of Marissa. Sadly there is evidence of Tsunami devastation everywhere and many houses have not been repaired or rebuilt. It is so horrific to imagine what these people have been through, everyone we meet has been effected in some way.

Spent New Year on the beach with some randoms - lots of vodka (served in 100ml shots!) and fireworks galore. Went to bed at 12.30am, we are just not hardcore these days!




Moved on to beach at Weligama and been relaxing for a few days as we psych ourselves up for work tomorrow! Been surfing (G spent 5 hours in the surf yesterday, he was a prune) and I've even been learning and standing up like a proper surfer (almost) - as you can imagine G is excited about the prospect of having a wife who likes surfing!

We are starting work tomorrow in the village of Seenigama on the South West coast. No idea what we will be doing, but am sure all will be revealed when we arrive! Will be good to get to know local people properly instead of passing through... and we are massively looking forward to staying in one place for 6 weeks - we have stayed in over 20 places over last 4 weeks so being based somewhere will be a welcome change. The project we will be on is... http://www.unconditionalcompassion.com/

Happy New Year! Love Jo n G xx