Documentary Scholarship Trip

Earlier start today to beat the heat. Still hot though. I head into he village and have a chat with the temple priest and his son. He has some good things to say about the projects and shows me around the temple, which is interesting. Then I chat to the tailor whose son also goes to the school. Jamba is a pretty small village and in the heat of the day the only things moving through the streets are peacocks and a few stray cows. Back at the school the painting has been knocked up a notch with the introduction of red, green and white paint. The exterior of the school is to be painted in the colours of the Indian flag and unlike whitewash this paint doesn’t wash off so easily. I find myself with a bucket of blue paining windowsills and doors. It’s beginning to look fresher already. Before midday we wander back to camp for lunch and a rest under the tree to wait out the hottest part of the day then its back to paining. I head into the village to shoot (with the camera) some village life and talk to some more people about the project, Jamba and camel safaris which are becoming the main industry here. Night. Stars are out in force again as we sip beers and wonder what tomorrow will bring.