"Nick!!" They were all shouting. I'm looking around at all the part guests, but I just don't recognise anyone. Then I hear a voice I recognise, one of the teachers.
"Nick!! Welcome to my home!"
I'm introduced to all the members of her extended family. There are a lot of people here. There was a big gift exchange, the same as at the school before. Everyone brings a gift of some kind and their name is put in a hat. When names are pulled out they exchange their gifts with whoever they are matched with.
In the exchange I won a big pack of bottles of pop. Excellent!
There is a hell of a lot of food and whiskey going down and even though I am really tired, I wake up very quickly and get into it. There is more karaoke and what not going on and all in all it was a good night.
On the walk home I was escorted, keep me safe from the dogs, that had to be shouted at to stay away. I hate all the dogs out here. I sleep very, very well. As always.
The next day I head out with the dad and children from next door again. We spend the day travelling all over the place, visiting various temples and markets and some more extended family.
Once the day was over we went back to the village, I spent the last hour of light playing badminton and once the sun went down I went inside to work on the final lesson plans for the week.
We are now fully up-to-date. I'll be putting up a couple of update posts, but we are ready to dive straight into the next adventure, as I leave in just over a week. I'll talk about the podcast, new travel videos, a possible new blog/website and be putting up my bucket list for the next six months. So there is a lot to look forward to in this build up!
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