We reached the
campsite late morning. We went to our tents to take a few things out of our bags, and then we went for activities.
For the activities
we were divided into three groups. Each group had to make a name and a war-cry
and after we had done that we had to tell everybody our name and war-cry. My
groups name was"Epic Bullseye" and our war-cry was:
"Bullseye Bullseye Go Bullseye!!"
After all the teams had called out their name and war-cry we had to make a flag
for our team with a cloth that was given to us. The flag had to be light and also one that we could carry around with us and
wave. For our flag we had to use natural things, so we could not use
things like paint and sketch pens. We made a border using the petals of fallen
down flowers by rubbing them on the cloth, which came out as a orange border. In the middle using some wet mud we
made something like a sun and in the centre of that we made an eye using some
charcoal that we found and then we rubbed some ash. After that we went for lunch.
After lunch, we
played a few games on our own and then we changed for kayaking. We
took our hats and towels along and some of us wore either our t-shirt or shorts
or even both shirt and shorts. We also had to wear life-jackets. When we
reached the lake we were going to kayak in, one of the Pugmarks guides showed us
how to move around in a kayak. Since there were only two kayaks we had to
use one for the girls and the other for the boys. While two groups were in
the kayaks the rest of us could swim around in a specific area of the water.
After all of us
finished kayaking we went back to our tents to wash up and fool around for some
time, then went for dinner. After dinner we went for activities again. We
played a game called rickshaw, bus and bullock cart. In this game we ourselves
had to make these vehicles using our own body. Each team had to make one vehicle
and based on our vehicle we had to also make up a story. My team got bullock
cart. For the wheels of the cart two boys from my team rolled up into a circle
and I as the plank of wood on the carts lay down on them the other two people
who were left were girls and they made the bulls. After that we listened to the
sounds of some of the birds and then just for a few minutes some of us looked
for constellations in the sky and then we went for bed (it was lights out from
about 9:00 - 9:30). After lights out we were allowed to whisper to each other
and talk so my friend and I spoke for some time and then I went to sleep.
The next morning we woke up at 6:30
- 7:00. After we dressed we did some warm - up exersices and then we
went for breakfast. After that we went for rafting. It took us about half an
hour to get to the Kundalika river, which is where we went for rafting. After we
had worn our life jackets and helmets we each got one a paddle, and then
one of the instructors at the rafting place told us how to use the paddle and then
each group (the same ones that had been made before) got one raft each and off
we went! My favourite rapid was "The John Carry".
After we came back
from rafting we had a shower and then we went for zip-lining. The zip-lining
was very exciting, and whoever wanted to could even go twice! After everyone had gone for
zip-lining we went for kayaking again. After we finished kayaking and we had
washed up we did some more activities and after that we did jungle cooking.
For jungle cooking
each team was given a plate with the same ingredients in each plate, and each
team had to cook something with those ingredients on a fire. My team made a
sandwich with egg, onion, tomato and of course bread. We also used salt and
oil. At first we wanted to make a fried egg but we forgot to put the oil so we
made scrambled egg instead. We also made a papad with some onion and tomato
on it. The winner was another team called "Double Trouble". After the jungle cooking was done we had a bonfire
but without any marshmallows because Mr. Walsh and Ms. Dani forgot them at
school! We played a few games around the fire and then we went to bed though
this time "lights out" was by 10:30 - 11:00.
The next day
morning whoever wanted to went for a nature trail and the rest of us either
slept of played games with the others who did not go. After everybody was back
and awake we went for breakfast and then we put our bags at the back of the bus
and came right back home!
It was a really
good trip and since the kayaking and rafting was the first time for me it was
really fun!
Kyra
