The internet here is very slow, and particularly so when all the other students are online. Currently I have a brief reprieve because the rest of the students are still out working in the field, and I'm not. I'll explain why in a short while.
Let's take a look back to Sunday, which was quite possibly the best day I've had here so far. We went to Anse la Roche, a secluded beach only reachable by hike or by boat. We hiked there, which was pretty fun, and then were boated back, but while we were there, we did some great stuff.
First off, we played frisbee on the beach (as we always do), which was great. Not an actual game, just throwing around and stuff. Then we swam around for quite a while, and I snorkelled again, which was fantastic. Seriously, I recommend snorkeling at a reef or something for anyone who has yet to do such a thing. It's awesome.
After that, we swam out to a rock outcropping (it was about 100 feet from the nearest shore, but the water that direction was very rocky and dangerous, so we had to swim from the other direction which was about 300-500 feet out). It ranged from 12 feet to 25 feet at the majority of its points, excluding a small area that was climbable if you swam around the backside. One of the guys discovered that at one part, nearest the 20-25 foot ledge, the water was 15 to 20 feet deep at the shallowest. So, we went rock diving. It was crazy, it was one of the best things yet, very exhilarating, very exciting, I loved it. There are pictures, but I don't have them because I couldn't carry my camera out to the rock.
After jumping, I sat on the rock for a long time and just relaxed. It was exceptionally peaceful, on a rock in the middle of the ocean, seeing waves crash everywhere, more sailboats in the distance, and everything being so serene and whatnot. Quite awesome.
So we boated back, and hung out the rest of the day, and it was just overall a great day.
But back to work on Monday. Luckily, Tuesday, it started pouring (I've said this before, but I don't think I've ever seen rain this hard, except for on Wednesday, and we're getting there). Sadly, this meant that we were in the lab all day, cleaning and sorting pottery. Very dull work, but better than being outside in the heat and digging all day.
Wednesday, it rained again, but even harder, like I said. This was some of the heaviest rain I'd ever seen. Fortunately, we had finished all the lab work the day before, and so had nothing to do on Wednesday. So, after sleeping in late, I arranged a game of mud frisbee. We went to a nearby cricket field which was deserted (for obvious reasons, namely the torrential downpour), and started playing ultimate. We couldn't really accomplish much until the rain let up on occasion, but we played anyways. At one point, the frisbee caught a gust of wind, and flew over 100 feet into the air, and then got swept away and landed on a nearby house's roof. We had to go and get it back, which ended up with us talking to a local guy with the thickest accent ever. None of us have any clue what he said. At all.
Anyways, during the game, the rain picked up even harder, and we watched (and listened, it was eery, hearing this happen) as rain clouds, and sheets of rain swept over the mountains in front of us and waited for about 2 minutes as it approached, thundering and roaring, and then drenched us. Like crazy. And then, a tree snapped in half because of the wind (no small tree, either. I'm talking about the kind of tree you can't get your arms halfway around, with probably a 5 or 6 foot diameter) and fell over the wall surrounding the field (it was nowhere near us, though, it was a large field). To be fair, the tree had probably endured similar abuse recently and already had one leg in the grave.
Regardless, lots of fun, and then more hanging out and relaxing that night. We worked all day (9 hours) in the field the next day and had lecture), which brings us to today.
Today was another full work day, leave the hotel at 6:45, work until 4 with a 30 minute rest break at 9:30 and a 30 minute lunch break at 12:30. I however, was selected to be in the lab all day to sort more pottery, along with two other students. Or, one other student, and one student/staff amalgation (she's still a student, but she's done the trip before so she's in charge of the lab and has authority and such). Which meant, we sat inside sorting pottery while playing movies on a computer and eating chicken. And we finished sorting everything early, so I got to come back and use the computer.
Anyways, this is the last full week, so next we'll I'll be coming home. If I can get internet, I'll post again before then.
Ta ta for now!
Matt
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