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- there Charcoal and Diesel grills!!
- Day5, Bus trip...
- They work, farm for a living and to keep the orphanage operations alive
- and there's gifts for everybody!
- and there's cake for everyone!
- There we get to interact with the orphans/single parent (all very low income)
- before heading to the local supermarket to purchase our BBQ items for Day5
- We were brought around the orphanage farms with vegatable farms, pigs and rabbits!
- Titantic flying stance anyone?
- with spectacular scenery
- sotong watching!
- Thats all folks, the Rotaract Club 06 Medan Trip!
- The late night was spent at the jetty..
- don't you take my sotong balls! (repeat in indian accent)
- Our task for the day is at the highland catholic orphanage
- a farewell shot before leaving the highlands
- theres horses, not to mention loads of natural landmines everywhere
- and Ning's speciality chocolate fondue
- it's almost like genting, foggy and cloudy but not too cold either
- it's a free old folks home, run purely on donations
- and we even get to ride some back at the resort
- including the elders themselves!
- Still could not get enough of medan traffic, you need 6 eyes to drive here!
- The pastor of the orphanage
- Day5, Bus trip up to Brastagi Highlands
- it's tedious cleaning up a very run down place
- it's a hit with the kids, not to mention interactive, the one with the correct answer gets a balloon prize.
- all board!
- besides entertaining them in the common area
- Lisa's granddad showing the rotary stand and bells
- For the secondary students
- Dinner that night was at our very hospitable rotary president's home again
- Dinner that night was at the rotary president residence
- up to Brastagi Highlands!
- Here we are at the school
- here, we make the balloons as prizes
- & see how big their fruits are!
- but the rewards at the end are priceless...
- Rotary Fellowship Dinner
- Day2 On our way to the local schools!
- Contributor and Donors board
- not to mention enough Scuba Mags reading for at least a year!
- The primary classrooms
- our job there is to give the whole place a clean
- Ending with a christmas song before school dismissal.
- Close up of the donated machines
- catchin' up on the past diving groups photos (who left their mark here)
- as you can expect it, its a whole assortment of BBQ seafood!
- And balloons come standard!
- The Medan Rotary Center