My desire to do voluntary work in India brought me back to Jaipur, where I had arranged to spend one month teaching English at Ladli.
I arrived back in the city on 27 December after an 18 hour train journey from Varanasi. I did not know what to expect from the next month and did not even know where I was going to stay beyond the rather grotty and overpriced guesthouse I had initially booked my... Read Full Entry
I'm finally off - end of Education, no more temping - off alone to explore New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India. :) Wish me luck!... full info
Children at shopEvery day as I walked to and from Ladli many children would wave and shout hi / bye. On my last day I took a photo of them when I was leaving.
The chai stand familyThis wonderful family ran a chai stand at the entrance to the lane I walked down to reach Ladli. I would often stop to buy a plastic cup full of chai for 3 rupees. They could not speak English and I could not speak Hindi, bar a few words, but we always managed to communicate.
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