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Day 1 - July 4
Departure from Amsterdam ~ Flight to Paris ~ Flight to New York ~ Flight to Kingston ~ Taxi ride to host family
Time to wake up
Here we go!
Bye bye, I am going to miss you!
Waiting for the plane to Paris
There it is
So excited!
Inside the first plane
Paris, here I come!
A little breakfast in the plane
Airport Paris
Airport Paris
Waiting at another gate
Plane to NY
Pretty pretty
Airfrance
France
Jamaica
Home
Camera in front of the plane
What's on the menu?
Mmm
NY city!
I have never been in NY before!
Airport NY
Jamaica in America? What?
Plane to Kingston
My new friend Cameron
It's Kingston!!
Kingston Airport
In the taxi on our way to our hosts
Day 2 - July 5
Day 2 - July 5
Sunday ~ First day with host family
Bedroom from Robyn and me
Oatmeal for breakfast
View from the house
Interesting
Love the blue
With Rushanya
Day 3 - July 6
Monday ~Introduction Day ~ Projects Abroad Office ~ Volnuteers ~ Working Place
Breakfast: Sandwich with plantains
Mandeville's Church
The three voluntary groups
Jamaican flowers
Have seen thousands of these
Jamaican pride
The Supermarket
Projects Abroad Jamaica
Me
Charlie from the building group
UK
Allison from the building group
Florida
Simon from the building group
Switzerland
Harry from the building group
UK
Alix from the building group
UK
Robyn from the building group
And my roomie, UK
Thomas from the building group
France
Lunch: Fried Chicken
Old England Primary School
Old England Primary School
View from the school
Urinal
Boys bathroom
Girls bathroom
Old England Primary School
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bathroom
Old England Primary School
Building site
Building site
Dinner at Reggies
Welcome dinner
Playing some games
Dinner Time
The staff
Cordon Blue
Day 4 - July 7
Tuseday ~ First day of work ~ Digging ~ Cement Bags ~ Steel wires ~ DIY Class
The big hole
Yes it's really that deep
Thomas working with the axe
This is how we dig in stone
Only day one
42,5 kg remember that
We did it!
Lunch time
The 10m long steel wires
What are we going to do?!
Let's make a....
Jamaican dress!
Mi tink dis dress a bad!
Still found glitters days after
Best DIY piece ever
Day 5 - July 8
Wednesday ~Second working day ~ Almond Trees ~ Karaoke time
Under the Almond trees
Interesting ....
That's how we do it
Yeah!
Yummy
Fossils
Am glad I had my gloves
Lunch time
Karaoke time!
Such a brave man
Feeling the vibes
Hips don't lie - Shakira
La la la
Next... the lads
It was beautiful I can tell you that
Jamaicans sure now how to dance
Go Simon!
And now all together!
Look at those moves!
Day 6 - July 9
Thursday ~ Third working day ~ Jamaican Quiz ~ Game afternoon
Finishing the walls
Bending the steel
Carrying the sand
Digging the hole
Some more digging
The stones being delivered
Another pile!
Manpower only...
Lunch timeee
Interesting view from the school
Hi Harry
Mr. Walker working on the steel
It's as easy as that
One down, many more to go
You go girl!
Quiz time
No Anatole, Ya mon is not the answer
Receiving my price for our DIY piece
Atom game
Complete chaos, but so much fun!
Hold on!!
Get into groups of.....
When everyone fails...
Time for the ladder game
Let's see what's gonna happen
Allison, run faster!
Go Maddie, go Vanessa!
He cheated!!
In di River on di Bank
Let's do this
In di River
Snake!
Knot-game
You are almost there!
Yeah... We failed big time
Time for dinner... Mac & Cheese
Day 7 - July 10
Friday ~ Fourth working day ~ Mixing Cement ~ Supervised free time
We carried all of that
Time to place the steel in the molds
With such precision
Will it fit?
Almost there
It's time to start mixing
Some sand, some stones, cement and..
MANPOWER
GIRLPOWER
Lunch time
Relaxing for a while
Filling the molds
Dinner
Day 8 - July 11
Saturday ~ Weekend trip ~ Ocho Rios ~ Turtle Tower Beach ~ Island Grill ~ Craft Market ~Heavy rain fall
Ocho Rios we here come!
Driving
Jamaican roads
Ocho Rios
The beach!
Let's go!
It's gorgeous
Pretty pretty
Blue sea and white sand
Chilling at the beach
Enjoying the sun
With girls from the care program
Beautiful day at the beach
Love this picture
Still miss these girls
Getting ready for lunch
Lunch at Island Grill
Fricassee Chicken
Craft Market!
The Craft Market in Ocho Rios
"One Love"
Everything here says "Jamaica"
On our way back to the office
Oh no....
Water pouring down the road
Projects Abroad Jamaica Office
Projects Abroad Office
Projects Abroad Jamaica
Day 9 - July 12
Sunday ~ Weekend Trip ~ YS Falls ~ Bamboo Avenue ~ Beach
Pit stop at the supermarket
YS Falls, here we come!
In the bus
On our way
Driving
Bamboo Avenue
Driving through Bamboo Avenue
YS Falls here we are
Jamaica
Road to the falls
Amazing view
Let's get on the bus
Let's go!
"Bus" number 2
So blue
Mountain water
Souvenir shop
Swimming pool
The falls
So gorgeous
This is beautiful
Perfection
You go Thomas!
Go Alix!
Having fun at the falls
Amazing place
Yeaaahh
YS Falls
Picture with the girls
Lol
So cute
So pretty
Simon almighty
Lianas
#selfie
Nice picture Anatole
Nice try Simon
Love this picture
Chilling at the pool
At the pool
Day 10 - July 13
Monday ~ Fifth working day ~ Mixing Cement ~ Supervised Free Time ~ Juici Patties
Old England, Jamaica
Bathroom
Filling the molds
Inside the bathroom
Jamaican style
Such precision
Alix and Nicaro placing the molds
Inside the bathroom
Guys... It's time to start working
A day of hard work
How we do it over here
It's staring to get shape
Lunch
Oh Charlie.....
Poor guy...
You asked for it
Regrets? Haha
Time to wash off
Almost clean
Beef Patty
Day 11 - July 14
Tuesday ~ Sixth working day ~ Building outreach ~ Uncle Samuel ~ Patois & Culture class
Uncle Samuel's house
The ceiling
The door
The "Kitchen"
Kitchen
His bedroom
His bed
His bedroom
Let's get down to it!
Now there is no way back
Yellow!
Looking good!
Wow!
Teamwork!
Breaktime
Back to work
It's starting to look good Mr Walker
Such a difference!
It's closed!
His bedroom will be.... BLUE!
We've got to be careful now
Cleaning the floor from the paint
Poor Allison
Thomas xD
Uhm...
His stove
Look at the difference!
The transformation!
I think he'll sleep well tonight
All cleaned up
Bye uncle Samuel
Cockroaches EVERYWHERE
That's all part of it
Patois Class
Patois Class
Patois Class
Learning some Patois
Time for a little Patois match
Jamaican fruit
Taste of Jamaican culture
Day 12 - July 15
Wednesday ~ Seventh day of work ~Allison's last day ~ Group Pictures ~ Thomas buried ~ Cooking Class
We made so much progress!
Installing the mold
Jamaican Pudding
Mmmm
A little break
With Harry
With Allison
With Harry and Allison
With Shirley
Shirley and Allison
Waiting for the cement to dry
Why Thomas... Why?!
Starting to regret it?
Let's get out of there!
Almost
With the girls :)
You better be careful
Back to work
Lunch time!
Best group ever!
One love
Two Week Building Special Group 2015
Shirley is part of the team as well!
The whole team!
Cooking class!
looking good guys!
Getting changed
Ready for cooking class guys?
Demonstration
Demonstration
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Almost Telene haha
Go Kaat!
Not that easy, is it?
Well done
Go Simon
Nice work
You are doing great!
Lol
Hahaha
Day 13 - July 16
Thursday ~ Eighth day of work ~ Harry & Charlie leaving ~ Reggae Dancing Class ~ Farewell dinner
Kitchen at the school
Jackfruit
Getting started on the roof!!!
Wow!
Can't believe this
We made so much progress already
Medicine group
Medicine group
Lunch time
Yummy
Back to work
Working on the roof
Ode to Usain Bolt #Fail
Out of Many, one people
Bye Charlie
Bye Harry
Farewell dinner
Farewell Party
Time for food!
Mmmm
Niam
Party time!
Just relaxing
Group pic!
Day 14 - July 17
Friday ~ Last day of work ~ Roof ~ Tree ~ Goodbyes ~ Supervised Free Time
The urinal
Inside the urinal
These will be replaced
Can't wait for it to be finished
Letting the cement dry
Are all Jamaicans good singers?
Making the supporting beam
Amazing
Th roof is on!
Look at that!
Wow, just wow
Hole 1
Hole 2
Back to work guys!
Yea... I'm not cleaning that up
Any volunteers?
Tree being smoked out
Under the bathroom
Waiting for the toilet
On top of the world!... uhm Roof
So proud
It's looking great!
Yum yum
With Thomas and Alix
These crazy guys
Bye bye school
On top of the bathroom
On top of it
Good luck with cleaning that up
One last picture
Bye bye Almond Trees
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Ft. Simon
Kayla and I
Goodbye girls and Zane ;)
Thanks for everything
Thank you so much
Bye Romario, walk good
Dinneeeer
Day 15 - July 18
Saturday ~ Weekend trips ~ Treasure Beach ~ Quality time ~ Host Family
Treasure Beach... A real treasure
A wild sea
Nature
Selfie time
Beautiful
Vacation feelings
Lunch
Enjoying our lunch
It's very windy
Pretty pretty
Hahahah
Building a sand castle
Enjoyed the beach
Awesome Javier!
With Unika
We're born this way
Always fun with Unika
The three of us
The three musketeers
Thanks Unika... Thanks :|
With my roomie
Gorgeous
Just wow :p
Hahah Robyn ;)
Unika and Robyn
With Unika
Sun going down at Treasure Beach
@Treasure Beach
Kinda cool
Beautiful
Great place
Very beautiful
On our way home
Ackee & Saltfish #Favourite
Ready for Dolphin Cove!
On our way to Ocho Rios
This road looks familiar
Unika at Dolphin Cove
Niceeee
Wow
Beautiful
Argh
Hi there
Let's goooo
Beautifall (Do you get it :p )
Wah gwaan mi frien
Falls
I wouldn't mind living here
So cool
Dunn's River Falls
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Dolphin Cove
Robyn with her new friend
Robyn
Me with my friends
Unika
Beautiful animals
Hey there
Hahah lol
Group pic
These were so cute
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Eating out of our hands
Say hi
Cheese
Nesting in my hair xD
Lovebirds
Sea Urchin
Unika
Robyn
Feels funny
Hilarious
Shark Show
So funny
Day 16 - July 19
Sunday ~ Weekend Trips ~ Ocho Rios ~ Dolphin Cove ~ Host Family ~ Last Full Day in JA
Day 17 - July 20
Monday ~ Last day in Jamaica ~ Goodbye ~ Taxi ~ Airport ~ Unaccompanied Minor
Bye Robyn, had a great time with you
Breakfast
Ha! Dutch tulips
Bye Javier, mi frien
In the taxi on our way to Kingston
Kingston Airport
It's really time to leave now :'(
First some lunch
Bought this awesome hairpiece
I bet you didn't know that
Still waiting
Going back home
Hi
Almost time now
Bye people
LOOVEEE this wall
We need something like this too
So cool
There it is
First one on the plane
Empty
#AwkwardSelfie
Hi
No way back....
Ready?
Clear!
I cry
No I don't want to gooo
Turn around, turn around!
Cool
Such a difference from Dutch coast
Bye bye Jamaica :'(
Snack on the plane
Dinner
Panama City
Arrival
It's raining :(
I'm glad I'm dry inside
Waiting to get on board
Still waiting at the airport
Day 18 - July 21
Tuesday ~ Airplane ~ Schihol ~ Arrival Amsterdam ~ Home
Goodmorning
Waking up to this....
Getting closer to the sun
Looks so soft
We're getting closer
Warm towel :)
Breakfast with HAGELSLAG
Funny clouds
Flying above London
Tower Bridge!
Just crossed London
The Dutch coast
No mountains, no green... Not JA
Almost home now
Heemskerk where my best friend lives
Dutch River (Not sure which 1 haha)
Amsterdam
Here we are
Schiphol Airport
Amsterdam
KLM
Officially back now
Warm welcome by my family
Weeks/months after my departure
Further Progress on the Bathroom ~ Finishing up the Bathroom
Just after I left
It looks amazing!
What colour is it going to be?
Painting it white first
August 21
Painting
August 21
Painting the outside
August 21
Carrying the rocks back up
August 21
Teamwork!
August 21
They are so heavy!
August 21
A helping hand
August 21
Closing the holes
August 21
Mixing cement
August 21
Carrying the sand and the stones
August 21
Production line
August 21
What a teamwork
August 21
Get in line please
August 21
Pouring the cement
August 21
Discussing the work
September 17
Bathroom is looking good
September 17
Mr. Walker explaining
September 17
Love the colour
September 25
Looks so good
September 25
Same colour as the school
September 25
Boys part of the bathroom
September 25
Great colour!
September 25
Painting the outside
September 25
So cool!
September 25
Boys (Bwoy dem)
September 25
Girls (Gyal dem)
September 25
WOOOOOOW
September 25
Awesome group pic!
September 25
Nice job guys!
September 25
Two Months Later
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