Today we went to visit the local school.
Isaac's new friend, Rocky, who is as cute as a button, goes to that school. They had set up various activities for the visitors to do, such as making bracelets, getting a foot massage from students (they offer massage as a class for students- to assist those who may be looking for career options in later life), the music class was playing really cool music, and there were treats and drinks for sale.

Universal dinosaur fights!

The school seems to be well off- at least, in comparison to any schools I saw in Haiti.

It's a dog's life- this dog, who we call Scruffy, always sleeps on this bench under the newspapers. 

One pack of dogs, being fed home-made food. 

 I haven't talked much about the animals here, but they are fascinating to watch, as you can imagine.
The macaque monkey was rescued during the flood- apparently, Darrick found him in his cage on a bridge- he would have drowned had they not picked him up. Unfortunately, this monkey has been in that cage for at least two years. Luckily for the park, there is an anthropologist here whose specialty is with maqaques- so she has figured out why the maqaque has been displaying some aggressive behaviour- it was due to how people were approaching the cage, and the monkey interpreted it as aggression.

They're in the process of building a two storey enclosure for this poor creature- hopefully he'll be happier in a larger dwelling, since he won't have any companions in the near future (monkey companions, that is!).

There are scratching posts set around the park for elephants...and other animals, as they need them.


Feeding the elephants is a favourite park activity, and like I said before, they sure do eat a lot! They are majestic, magical, wonderful creatures that lumber along, some with limps, some with sore hips, but each with its own personality.

Ainslie, delighted to feed this elephant. 

We should be ready to start our building project tomorrow, so I look forward to stacking earthblocks. They have welded up the steel frame, and brought up the clay to soak overnight for the 'slurry' of mortar to bind the blocks together.

Unfortunately, Darrick had to unexpectedly leave last night, as there are some animals from the flood in Bangkok that need rescuing, and he also has to go to Cambodia briefly, so we'll be without the man with the vision until next week- maybe after we've finished the project. We briefly asked some quick questions yesterday before he flew off, and we have a sketch on an envelope of where window & doors are to go, etc. I guess we'll just make it up as we go, using our combined good building sense, and hopefully will be able to have one or two of his workers alongside us to show us how they would do it. Sign language can go a long way when you need to rely on it!

Lots of time for naps here!