Pains and Gain By Holland Richards

Pain And Gains

Beginning with our travel, our 40-hour day of pain was full of delights, and not so delights, which has left us simply of utterly exhausted. We relaxed in the Salt Lake airport for a few hours, where most of us purchased food. The flight itself was quite long and dreary, despite our access to movies and music. Upon our arrival in London, we took a train to Paddington, and walked, taking in sights such as Big Ben and a glimpse of Buckingham Palace. We got assorted meals at an English Whole Foods, then took the train back to the airport, on which we all slept for a delightful 15 minutes. The next flight was also unfortunately dreary, as long flights tend to be, however we were fed meals of curry and stuffed naan. The process of working through the Indian Airport was slow, and security felt quite tight. We bought pizza hut, then played cards for an hour, before taking our last flight towards our destination. We then began our long drive to our lodge, upon which we tried an Indian KFC, which was delicious, although most of us were still beyond wiped out. Most of us slept throughout the whole ride. Our lodgings are very nice, and we all slept extraordinarily well that night. In the morning, we packed our education bags bright and early, then split to our schools after a breakfast of potatoes, French toast, and fruit. After unloading our supplies, we watched the students’ general assembly, where they performed for us. Throughout the day, the kids were beyond friendly, and most of us had a phenomenal time, with our teaching being a relative success. In my school, something we all thought was quite funny was a painting on the wall that said, “No pains, no gains.” Despite being chaotic, the younger kids especially were beyond cute, with the older ones generally being very mature and adapted to the lessons very well. We had a lunch of samosas, noodles, and assorted soft drinks, and then finished our last couple lessons. Right after school, the group headed to the city to purchase fine dress clothing, where many of the boys bought simply gorgeous matching outfits. We slept on the way back, had a dinner of veggie masala, noodle soup, and chicken curry with rice, and then proceeded to pass out as we concluded our day,