This is the school I work for on the 2nd floor - REACH Learning Center
This is Ghazee School - the only public school on my island.
This is me with Alaim (another Bengali student).Cramming everything I can in!
So, I leave tomorrow and I am doing all I can to do things I didn’t do before!
Saturday –
Toured my island with my Maldivian friends. As they said, there is nothing to see, but we did find the 6 cows that exists in Maldives?! Well, there aren’t many but the only ones I bet on any of the surrounding islands?? And I saw the outside of the public school.
Sunday –
Did a day at my resort thanks to the “boss” there. He gave me a room and free snorkeling and the best part was Enam, one of my students, taking me around and giving me a personal tour. GREAT day but still not enough to do or see all there! I really hoped to be allowed to spend the night, but that wasn’t offered.
Sunday Class –
Really great students again. I always just fall in love with almost all of them! I REALLY wish I could have had one-on-one classes with many of them. Some have potential, but they are slow and need help but there just wasn’t time to help them with 2 hours a week and 10 units to do! And although I wrote them personal notes of advice, I think it was overwhelming to them, so they may have ignored or not been able to comprehend them. I really resent the fast pace even now. I hope they change their policy on how much to cover in a class.
Sunday night –
As I passed through the airport since I requested that route home, I took a short bus trip to the International hotel I have heard was the place for expats. It is nice and would have been a great place to join their pool and workout room if you had an income. Nice feel over there! It is on the same island but like a world apart – alcohol is allowed, no burkes in the pool, just very western feeling.
Monday –
Getting grading done and I hope to have some free time tonight to see people once more. Doing laundry now. It isn’t easy to do in Japan, but I didn’t bring many clothes so will have to figure out how to do it as I travel every 3 days or so there!?
Tomorrow –
Will need to complete packing before work tomorrow. Maybe I can squeeze lunch with the editor of Maldives Traveler in on my way to work. She was so nice always, but I just didn’t have the time to meet up with her and her friends.
Well, some pics are above. Enjoy.
Maldives was definitely interesting from the local’s point of view! Some people I met totally love living here and don’t want to live elsewhere. As for me, the people, the culture, the pace of life are great overall, but the strictness, the weather, and the importing of almost every food and product was just too much for me. So many ask if I will come back someday - I hate saying it, but probably I won’t unless I am staying at a resort which is nice. The rooms are not up to the standards of say the Westin in Tokyo, but you are paying for the view and the ocean which are amazing.
Good bye Maldives!!
Next: The whirlwind travels through Japan – Saitama-ken, Nagano-ken, Hokkaido, Tokyo
And then: America - Oklahoma and Missouri in July
Followed by….I’ll surprise you (and me!).
Vickie Winston
Talk In English Online
(Soon to be back on-line in July!?!)
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