It was decided that today we're going to let the children them self tell the story about their day. So below is an account of day 3 of the week without walls with the help of Tamara and Jena.
The day started with the routine morning stretches to make sure that everyone is awake and fit for the day. The group was then divided in to two teams and set off for two different activities. One team was driven on trucks (a rather interesting drive!) to the base of a canyon and then hiked up to the beautiful 'Sandun ella waterfall'. The activity in store for them was abseiling (aka rappelling). So this is what Tamara and Jena had to say about it;
"The hike was full of two things. Leeches and exhaustion. Everyone returned to good spirits and began to play games and make jokes. We soon arrived to a cave dating from 9000 to 30000 years ago and after exploring we got to experience a shower pre-historic style"
The day started with the routine morning stretches to make sure that everyone is awake and fit for the day. The group was then divided in to two teams and set off for two different activities. One team was driven on trucks (a rather interesting drive!) to the base of a canyon and then hiked up to the beautiful 'Sandun ella waterfall'. The activity in store for them was abseiling (aka rappelling). So this is what Tamara and Jena had to say about it;
"After a lecture (briefing) on how it was done, we watched in awe as the instructors (aka guides) disappear over the edge of the water fall. We were right to be excited about the 80 foot drop! It was incredible. Water rushed down on our faces and the rocks were very slippery but our faces contained an image of pure joy.
There were a few falls (they do not mean falling off the water fall) but everyone made it safely down. Few were terrified but eventually made it with encouragement from friends and instructors. It wasn't as frightening as it seemed to be"
Team number two in the mean time hiked through tea and rubber plantations and areas where the leech population was dense to visit a historic cave named as the 'Beli-lena Cave'. Both the teams met for a packed lunch and then switched over with the activities. This is what Jena and Tamara had to say about the trip to the cave;
"The hike was full of two things. Leeches and exhaustion. Everyone returned to good spirits and began to play games and make jokes. We soon arrived to a cave dating from 9000 to 30000 years ago and after exploring we got to experience a shower pre-historic style"
After a long adventurous day the kids settled back in camp for a shower, dinner and bed. So ended another successful day at Borderlands Sri Lanka.
Stay tuned for Day 4 - Community Service Project.
ps - record for the day - 23 leeches!
Nice post guys - enjoying the experience from afar. Gwenx
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