Ashia’s 2nd day

9th February 2007

Hi everyone,Thanks for all the blogs you sent. Its so good to know you are all watching our progress. Miss you all. Plashet, I hope you are all looking forward to your well deserved half term. Anyway, today was another fun packed day, with the latifa school for girls. Went to a farm, that belongs to one of the students. They layed on a banquet for us, well 3 banquets actually, breakfast, lunch and dinner.We spent the day, drawing camels, producing this huge land art in the sand….It was exhausting!!! We were digging trenches for hours and there was camel poo everywhere! But at first we were mistaking it for pebbles and picking them up and throwing them out!!! But itwas all good fun and the final art piece was quite spectacular.We then dressed up in traditional clothes, which we got to keep, had henna done..the girls, not me and basically ate more food. The Latifa girls were amazing, so hospitable, not at all the stereotypical sheltered women we all imagine, but quite westernised in their thinking. They are great artists and they were the perfect hostesses and we all had a fantastic time. So far this expedition is all that we hoped for and more. Having the best time ever. But miss you all back home, loads. Keep sending your blogs. Love to you all.xxx

15 Responses to “Ashia’s 2nd day”

  1. Nazesh J Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    great!
    did u actually pick the poo up?
    anyway, have fuN!

  2. Khatidja Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    oh my gosh ashia!!!!! one of my best friends from university went to latifa school!!!!! shes from dubai! x x x x x

  3. Bill Pennington Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Hi Everyone, I heard of this great adventure from my niece Maggy Farrow, and I am delighted to read of all the happenings. Here in Canada we are in a deep freeze, below freezing all the time, so the pleasant weather sounds so inviting. I look forward to reading more of the trip each day. Each one of you must be proud knowing that you represent a different nation to your hosts. Good luck to all. Bill Pennington

  4. Khatidja Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

    great to hear you’re having an amazing time, can’t wait to read your next blog!!! take care and lots of love. x x x x

  5. Jehaan Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

    wow! ur second day sounds amazing!! that was quite funny about the camel poo, i hope u washed ur hands after! and i cant wait to see these traditional dresses…you’re so very lucky!!! as for these banquets…i wish i was there….still have a massive appetite after france!!! we miss you too, it was nice speaking 2 u today and hopefully 2mrw u can speak to baba khaled too!!! lots of love, until 2mrw! jehaan x x x x x

  6. Rhiannon(8apn) Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    hi sir
    Hope you are having fun keep up the good work

    Rhiannon

  7. naseem Says:
    February 9th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    only day 2 and it sounds like you are havng an amazing time. would love to see a photo of the art work you did in the sand. cant wait to hear about the air ballooning tomorrow. lots of love x x x x

  8. julie Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 9:58 am

    Aihia I cannot believe you were picking up poo and throwing it , what a laugh.Wonderful experiences for you all. Enjoy the ballon trip. juliex.

  9. asha Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    Hey ms it’s good 2 hear u r having a lot of fun. I can’t believe u picked up ur poo (yuck!).
    Anyways enjoy the balloon trip. looking 4ward 2 c some more videos n pics.
    xxxx

  10. Sue Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 5:27 pm

    Hi Ashia, Giovana and Samira,
    Glad you’ve all arrived safely and managed to escape the snow. How did you manage to create so much art with so little sleep? I’ll have to warn Plashet Park that you might want to use it for some Art lessons next term by digging some trenches there! Look forward to hearing about the balloon trip.
    Sue :-)

  11. Saffiah Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    hey again! this sounds great, the sketchbook pages are so exciting and the land art is great. the girls look really lovely. so does the food! you have got the most comments out of everyone on the trip, how popular! back in england is rainy and cold, our school got one piece of exciting news, we got an extra week off for half term as the boilers are all broken. the school went mad! but thats nothing compared to your exciting expedition.
    x x x x saffiah x x x x miss you.

  12. Steve Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    What an amazing experience for you all- the 2 video and diary reports so far give such a vivid picture of the fantastic adventure and the great hospitality the students could hardly have imagined a few months ago that they would have been so fortunate to share.
    I think we will need to book both of the Plashet school halls for the artwork and photographic display you and the students will bring back !
    Looking forward to seeing the next videos and reports

  13. Betty Says:
    February 11th, 2007 at 11:51 am

    Hi Ashia
    Loved the land art and the banquet made me hungry. Do bring us some camel dung and I look forward to seeing the balloon trip. xxxx

  14. oscar wells Says:
    February 15th, 2007 at 8:13 pm

    what is the best thing that has happend so far ?

  15. Govinda Says:
    February 21st, 2007 at 2:22 pm

    wow wow wow! u had a gr8 tym! i cant believe you got up to all that nasty stuff.
    wah wah kya baat hai!

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