Alieu & Same – Same Tuesday 24 June

By Olivia E & Ella

We woke up bright and early in Dili for breakfast at our hotel (The Plaza), and got to choose from an array of fried rice and sausage with some of the strangest orange juice.

Shortly after we started the 5 hour drive to Same, half of us is in a highly decorated bus unlike anything we’d seen, and the other half in a troopie. There is no other way to describe the roads but as extremely bumpy. Half way through our makeshift rollercoaster we were pried from our travel calm induced comas to make a quick stop at the galleries where we were treated to some very refreshing drinks. Then it was back on the bus to make it to our destination of Brian’s place in Same, which has one of the nicest pools in the country. We were then kindly treated to an in house lunch, which was delicious and needed for the fuel for the activities ahead.

After lunch, we headed down to the AHHA school in Same, to make connections with the students. Granted at first all would agree it was a little bit awkward as we were all a bit shy to the new people. Safe to say that didn’t last long as we quickly came to bond and make connections through games and conversations, so we are highly excited to come back tomorrow and continue where we left off. We then headed back to the hotel and it was a small bliss for the group to be able to take a swim in the legendary pool after an extremely hot day. Followed by a delicious dinner and reflection, we started to prepare our activities for the next day.