Back in London again! For the last and final time….
We’ve just hit London again, and we’re utterly exhausted (heaven knows why, as we haven’t really done anything much).
Oh! Yes we have…. A couple of days ago we were in Slovenia, and we had a marvellous time hiking around the mountains all day long, and white water rafting down a river that I can’t spell or pronounce, so I’m not going to try.
It was pretty miserable weather over the last couple of days so we took it easy pretty much every day (actually went a bit stir crazy sitting inside - I’m sure if we were Irish we would have been out and about in it, but we’re not - we’re made of sugar and we melt if we go in the rain).
On the way back to Budapesssht yesterday, we learned that there had been riots there the night before. A bit apprehensive, we did a bit of digging and find that the people there have now actually got some proof that the Prime Minister (who is a left over communist from the old regime and did some terrible things) has actually rigged the elections to be in power. I would be furious too, and I’m quite sure that if I was Hungarian I would be up there protesting as well. They estimate that there will be approx 1.6 million protesting on Saturday - wouldn’t that be something to see!! We did get a couple of pics of the protests (but only from afar, so it’s ok mum!)
We also heard yesterday about the Coup in Thailand, which is a bit worrying as Kath will be there in about ten days, and I will be there in about four weeks. I guess both of us will soon be moving around in some of the more dangerous areas of the world, which has always concerned me, but is something we will have to get used to. Working in the Humanitarian Sector generally means working in the areas where we are told not to go!
So our Eastern Europe holiday is over 
. We made some lovely, lovely friends, some of which I hope we will keep for a long time (Leah Anne, I cried this morning after we left you!)
I leave tomorrow morning for Banda Aceh in Indonesia. This is where the holidays stop and the work starts. Please pray for me, as I am very, very nervous and a little apprehensive about what lies ahead. I’ll let you know how I go.
