Swimming

Heather swam with a group of kids who are in the Trust Fund for Excellence. We had to get approval from the Minister of Youth and Sports in addition to the president of the Mauritian Federation of swimming for Heather to practice with them. The government picks them up from their home and take them to practice for 2 hours before school, then take them to school. They then get picked up from school to be taken to another 2 hours of practice before they take them home. They are selected around the age of 11-12 and they have to commit to it or they get kicked out of the program. They even get a sum of money from the government every month. Heather liked their practice better than the one she went to last night with a swim team.
Traffic was a pain though! I am driving my cousin's van and the stick is really hard to shift gears and you constantly have to shift gears because the traffic. You also have all the motorcycles and bicycles going in between cars, not to mention the pedestrians who take over the streets. I really miss my van from home.
Between the dog fights in the streets, the prayers from the mosques, the water running at the bakery across the street, it is hard to get a good night's sleep. Heather seems to be able to sleep through it all though.
Heather is really enjoying the shopping.