Jakarta to Washington DC Part 2 (Monday 5th of August 2013)

At the Dulles airport, some YES committee welcomed us and we met few Indonesian volunteers too. We then headed straight to Hilton Hotel DC where we had our Orientation with other friends from all over the world. I guess Paris Hilton should feel thankful because we'd just added her pocket money. My roomates were Amelia (fellow Indonesian from Aceh) and Gifty from Ghana. All of us fell asleep on the first night so we missed dinner and the welcoming speech. Amelia & i were hungry that night so we wandered around the hall in the middle of the night trying to find some foods then we met a friend from Egypt (who has just arrived that time) who thankfully gave us info about sahur. If we hadn't met her, we would have starve while fasting the next day.

I dont know how to spell her name and her english was not that good either. She was locked outside her room and she'd been waiting for somebody to unlock her door. Later an Egyptian volunteer brought her key. He saw us and asked us to go to sleep immediately. He was kinda angry i think.

Me, Gifty, Amel
We went back to our room afterward without any food. We were really hungry so we ate apples while talking near the window overlooking a beautiful garden and swimming pool. I'll write other posting about my orientation days at Hilton Hotel soon.

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