Day 12- Friday

Despite our 12 hour writing shift yesterday we still need to spend most of the morning finishing things off and tidying up the office.

With the Advocacy work completed we have a hand over meeting to present the work that we've done. We feel exhausted, and gutted to be handing our work over to someone else, but we feel that we've left it in good hands and are determind to follow up when we get home.

We're both a bit sleep deprived and Camilla is developing a serious headache but we head off for our farewell evening meal- back on Al Mahkrour mountain. It is beautifull and emotional to be back in the Tent restaraunt on Al Marhkrour, with friends and colleagues eating our final meal. Me and Camilla are both a bit quiet, and sad to leave.

We enjoy the meal and conversation and are done at around 7pm when we go and take some final pictures of the wall in Bethlehem. The night doesn't finish there however,

We have been playing basketball regualrly as a thoroughly enjoyable part of our evenings and a big match has been organised on the best court in the West Bank. The court, in the Catholic Action School is a product of joint Israeli and Palestinian work. A committee spanning both groups worked to import the court. The Israeli group used connections to import the full size parquet floor in from the US and accross into Bethlehem, the Palestinians, working with Catholic Action readied a state of the art sports hall, that is the most modern and developed structure we see in our time there.

It is Camilla, myself and our colleagues facing the local team. We play for an hour and a half and it's a seriously good game. Both sides are pretty equally matched and everybody plays hard, but in good spirits. No one really keeps score, and the match is close, but I'd have to say we edged it overall.

We get back to the apartment and enjoy a final Gin and Tonic before collapsing, too tired to really get upset that tomorrow we fly home.