Yet again my alarm woke me too early. Today I was going to church. I was picked up by Alastair Curry, a long term missionary. We rode to the church where I met his wife (Juliet) and 2 daughters (Hannah and Ellen). I was welcomed by the whole congregation and they even sang me a welcoming song, not that I understood a word of it, it was the same story throughout the rest of the service, although Alastair did translate a lot of the sermon for me. After it had finished most the members ate together which was really nice. Once we had finished I picked up my bags and all 5 of us went to grab a drink. Whilst talking I realised Alistair and I have a lot in common, he too was a keen climber and mountaineer so we had a lot to chat about. Later I went to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda, both mightily impressive architectural complexes. 2 hours later I took a tuktuk back to the Curry's house (where I will be staying for the next couple of days, an extremely generous offer I couldn't refuse).Dinner was honestly one of the nicest meals I have had since I left England, it was a rendition of spaghetti bolognaise followed by bread and butter pudding and a couple of mugs of tea, its just a shame they are going away on the 17th, I could happily stay longer.
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