Just a Test

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Wednesday -
After a short breakfast, Debbie and I went to the school to begin our day helping educate the class. Only to find out that the school has exams on, and today, they will be revising for their Telegu exam, then beginning revision for their Hindi exam tomorrow. Debbie and I observed the children revising for a while before returning to the office to see if there was anything else we could do. I ended up joining Rajen, Ronny and Ish, with Chewie driving, to visit sanipalli hill again, where we went to a different area than the wasteland management. We climbed some old steps SEDS had previously made to a lookout over the wasteland management area and the majority of sanipalli hill. It was very beautiful. On our way back down to the car, I found a camel spider crossing the path. It wasnt as big as the ones I've seen on the internet, but it was still very interesting.
We then went into Penukonda and picked up some supplies, before returning home.
After taking care of some domestic and uni work at SEDS, Debbie, Ish, Ronny and myself, with Chewie driving set off looking for black buck. Debbie and I were 'seated' in the back of the ute, which actually entailed us standing and holding onto the roof racks as we bumped around. We managed to see a beautiful herd of black bucks and an adoreable little fox. We also saw some locals, presumably hunting the black buck as we saw a large red dog chasing after them with a man running after the dog.
Returning home, Debbie and I made another Pavlova, with it turning out much more traditional style than last time - probably thanks to Debbie's increased input.
We celebrated Chewie's birthday with both cakes and a feast of beautiful steak and veggies. My favourite being the mushrooms cooked purely in olive oil and butter.

Handing out some birthday celebration Food
Generosity is a frequent theme among the Indian Culture
The top of SEDS Lookout on Sanipalli Hill
View of the Valley
Indian Camel Spider
Riding in the Tray of the Ute
Male Blackbuck with Females on the Horizon
Blackbucks on the Run
Blackbucks with a Dog (red in background) in Pursuit
Herders on the way Home
Happy Birthday Chewie
A better Pavlova Result
Pav-Fection
A Moth Camouflaging as a Cricket

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