Happy squeals

Our friendly tuk-tuk man, Kim (that's not me!) was all laughs as he pulled into Centre of Peace yesterday - and as quick as a wink 10 little 3-4 year olds hopped in ... followed by Bophal (pictured) and Sophia (not in the pic). As the answer to the question of 'how many people can fit in a tuk-tuk?' goes - 'always one more'.

There were happy squeals galore as the little ones explored the Stepping Stones activities. The slide was an initial hit

and without any instructions, they followed local protocol on its use ...

After 30 minutes on the outside play equipment, it was inside for a kindy song in English, then painting and colouring in. The kids were actually very high in concerntration and skill in handling the paint brushes and crayons - tribute to Bophal's input into their young years.

Then it was eat-a-mandarin time and back out to play before Kim took the precious load back to the orphanage. It was such a successful two hours - and something that we will look to repeat. Meanwhile, we have an appointment with Bophal this Friday to go shopping for children's books. We have been left with a gift from one of our lovely visitors to upgrade the nearly non-existant resources in the classrooms.