10th Aug

Yesterday the Eston Park crowd went off for they well deserved rest at Hikkaduwa, a beach resort about 80 KM from Colombo. On the way we stopped off at a Turtle Conservation Project, turtles and their are still seen as a bit of a delicacy here and so they eggs are often taken off the beach. The Project pays fisherman to bring the eggs to them and they then rebury in hatchery's , once the egs have hacthed they keep them for 3 day and then release into the sea. They have so far released 2 million baby turtles, of which about 25% will survive.
Looking back over the last2 weeks I can only describe it as amazing. The young people were just great, raising to every challenge and conquering them with gusto. Dr King once said ''we can all be great because we can all serve' every member of the Eston Park group showed themselves to be truly great. They parents , school and community should be very proud of them.
Today the Group have gone off the Galle for a walk around the Fort, built by the Dutch in the 18th Century.
Meanwhile, I came back to the Tropic Inn and met up with our 2nd group. A much smaller team with 3 of them and the 4 bynon's. We plan to spend some time at Sister Concepta's centre, doing some painting and teaching English. We will also go to Sioll most days and do some stuff there to.
We ae all looking forward to meeting some of the chldren in Athidiya and at Sioll again.