Day 46

This past Wednesday was my second day off. Adel, Justine, Natalie and I headed to Preveli which is about an hour and a half to the south. Once getting off the bus you have to walk down the cliff on the steep rock steps to get to the beach. After a 20 min hike you arrive to a beautiful small little beach at the south edge of Kroustaliotiko gorge where the river reaches the Libyan Sea. At the back of the beach they have a huge palm forest that goes along the river. We did not trek the entire forest because, well after being informed it takes five hours we all rolled our eyes and said ``Hell nah``. Making my way back up the cliff was extremely hard and with no shade and the sun attacking us it made it quite the mission.

By the end of the trip Natalie was completely on all our nerves. She makes very silly comments and when everyone is tired and hot it doesn`t go over well. Not even with Adel who is the calmest of calms. For example, right after climbing back up the cliff we all sat waiting for the bus. Justine starts dabbing herself with a little white handkerchief to take the sweat off. We teased her because as she was dabbing her head and just looked very elegant while the rest of us were anything but. I made a joke saying ``all I want to do is just toss dirt on you right now`` that`s where the conversation ending. Finished. Complete. We moved on and starting talking about something else. About five minutes later Natalie pipes up asking ``no but can we actually toss dirt on you Justine?`` This is what I mean when all our patience gets tested very fast when you are with Natalie. The day ended with a nice plate of Moussaka and bedtime came shortly after.

Today, not much is happening. It’s just before two in the afternoon here in Greece and all I do is tend to hang around camp a lot and hang about with the other volunteers. Laziness is the popular thing to do, especially after waking up at 5am and walking several kilometres of beach. It`s nice staying in one place for a long time because there absolutely no rush to do anything and you can have days dedicated completely to lofting around.

Oh and the good news I have is I got accepted for another two weeks here at camp!! June 26th will mark my new ending date for the placement, and funny enough this will mark exactly two months away from home.