The first full day in Sri Lanka for the students from Hong Kong International School is brought to you by Robyn, Nitiya and Tara:
"This morning we woke up to the beautiful view offered to us
at the Gateway Airport Hotel. Though our stay there was reasonably short,
staying merely for the night it was definitely sweet. After leaving early this
morning we took a three and half hour bus
ride to our new living quarters. After reaching at around 11am we were
astonished that even though the cabin at Borderlands did not have air
conditioning or the amenities that The Gateway had, it was still very relaxing.
Our cabins are on a long river surrounded on all sides by nature.
The first thing we did was take a quick swim in the river
before heading to the canyon.
A long hike through the jungle and we finally reached our
destination – when we first arrived we saw massive rocks and small rock pools
but as we entered deeper into the canyon we discovered that the place was much
more vast. There were many steep slides and high cliffs which we had to slide and
jump off. The obstacles seemed endless. By the time we finished our activity we
were exhausted but felt accomplished. We took a shorter hike to the river and
then we floated along the river back to camp.
Once we got back to camp we did something
we thought we would never do. We showered in the river. The water was cold and
the ground was filled with pebbles – this was an unusual experience and at the
end of the day we were astonished by Sri Lanka’s natural beauty. The food was
amazing and very much look forward to the rest of this journey.”
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