ACS Day 2: Canyoning and Birthday Celebrations

So welcome to Day 2, and early morning start for the kids, many of who (particularly the girls!) seemed to have chatted into the early hours of the morning! Still there was only one who had to be woken up and dragged from his tent for the morning stretches! Nathan gave them a good morning work out with a Sri Lankan/British/Lebanese version of the hokey kokey!

A 30 minute run so early in the morning and in such humidity might have finished off less hardy kids, but these guys went on to spend the rest of the day in our wonderful canyon. But first there was the river crossing and a hike to the canyon to content with, which everyone enjoyed thoroughly.

The canyoning involves sliding down natural waterslides and jumping into deep rock pools created over millions of years. Everyone impressed the facilitators with their willingness to embrace all challenges, some overcoming their fear of water and of heights, and some simply doing what felt completely naturally to them. Well done to Miss Rami who faced her deep seated fear of water in the canyon - a great role model!

A leisurely float down the river back to camp was a perfect way to end a really exciting and active day. A special mention for Rashan, who celebrated his 15th birthday at Borderlands - it's always great when a student celebrates a birthday with us, and I hope that it's one he remembers for the rest of his life!

To end the blog here's some of the staff attempting, quite poorly, to do a traditional Lebanese dance! We've got 5 more days to get it right though!