So we'll use one glove to unblock the toilet and the other for first aid..

Our toilet is fixed, this is a very good day! No more peeing in the shower. All that was needed was a plunger, one surgical glove and a reduced gagging reflex. And it's sorted. We now know that toilet paper DOES NOT go in the toilet.

Physical education is the kids favourite class. They all come to school in their blue trackie bottoms and gleaming white tee shirts. Playing sport in this heat is not fun. Because it was torrentially raining we were playing inside. And the power was off. No fans or air con. Soon me and Mali were sweating buckets and panting while the kids looked relaxed and hardly out of breath. Once the rain eased off we headed out to the football pitch. A barren rectangle of mud and grass with tree trunks unfortunately placed across the pitch. You think the ropework's bad, try playing football on this pitch! Girls against boys. The kids were delighted that me and Mali were joining in, we quickly demonstrated our football skills; Mali by loosing her shoes and me by falling almost on my bum within the first 2 minutes. The kids sussed that football wasn't our strongest sport. I'm looking forward to developing my football skills over this year, maybe there'll be a day where the kids don't laugh at me...

Our toilet saga continues. So what we thought was a success turned out not to be. Merely a day later and we were back at square one. Time to call in the big guns I think. Tomorrow we'll speak to our host as get the problem sorted. Hopefully.

We decided to explore Trinidad this weekend, and headed off up the hill after breakfast, armed with our cameras and vast quantities of water. After 5 minutes of walking uphill we were very, very hot. But decided to continue onwards and upwards to see the apparently fantastic view. And we were rewarded with just that. It was beautiful. So much greenery, little villages and houses scattered throughout the mountains surrounding Trinidad. We got many looks, as we usually do, but today people actually started saying 'hola' and 'buenos dias' and SMILING. This is an improvement on the constant stares and tongue clicking. And makes us feel much more comfortable.

Everyone here is football crazy. You either support Real Madrid or Barcelona. Lucky for me, I'm a Barca supporter and brought my barca top with me, this made me extremely popular with half the school at PE on Friday and not so popular with the other half. The allegiance to each team seems to change on a regular basis apart from a few hardcore Real or Barca fans.

Ps our toilet is fixed!