We met at an environmental centre just after 8am and then got into cars to the beach. We were split into 6 teams, four teams collecting plastics, one collecting rubber/leather and the last collecting glass. Everyone was given sacks to fill and sent off to start collecting. It was extremely hot on the beach, especially after how cold it had been at Adam's Peak. The girls all worked really hard collecting everything - there were lots of lightbulbs, flip flops, plastic bottles and even the odd bottle labelled 'poison'. We filled sack after sack and delivered them to a truck that was emptying the bags so we could refill them.
We collected for an hour before stopping to reapply suncream and find some shade - everyone else joined us and we all had yoghurt-in-a-bag, which we found quite entertaining! Then the press arrived and we had to go back outside with our gloves and sacks for a photo shoot, initially collecting rubbish and then posing with the Sri Lankan Girl Guides banners. Maybe we will end up in the newspaper!The girls asked us to teach them some songs, so all 30 Guides, their Leaders and anyone else who had been helping (the government's environmental team) joined in learning some songs. The Guides also taught us some more songs!
From here we headed to Vicky and Jo's homestay house for lunch and internet - time to catch up with writing the blog! Dinner was at Sirini's house - we had time to plan for extra training sessions next week and then enjoyed a lovely meal. Jo went to the toilet and spotted a huge spider - a source of entertainment for the next 30 mins!We went back to our homestays and to bed!
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