The blog for day 2 was written by Sean, Isabella
and Holly.
Group C first
sat in a circle to be assigned our, “cameras,” also known as a friend with
their eyes closed. We lead each other around camp, “taking pictures,” or telling
the person whose eyes were closed to open and shut their eyes quickly. Then,
the “cameras” had to figure out where they were when they took their pictures. The
next challenge was for each student to find three things in the surrounding
area: something soft, something waxy, and something beautiful. All sorts of
flowers, leaves, and large snails were collected (the snail was safely returned
later). Group C was then brought to the long house for an eye-opening
documentary video about how humans are affecting the earth. Meanwhile, group D
had been learning how to paddle rafts upstream, how to flip a tipped raft
upright, how to get back in the raft from the water, and how to help others get
in the raft. Once we had learned the essentials, we played some games involving
balance, teamwork, agility, and strength. After a delicious lunch of turkey and
cheese sandwiches, the groups switched.
Group A
first walked a 7.5 km hike. Along the way we learned about how they tapped the
rubber trees and made rubber. We also
had some meetings with our friends, the leeches. We continued our walk until we
encountered a cave from 32,000 years ago and learned a lot of interesting facts
about its history We waited until group B came back from
abseiling where they gave us their gear and we started a new hike up to the
waterfall. Up by the edge of the
waterfall, the guides from Borderlands gave us a talk about how people first
learned to abseil and how to properly abseil. As they attached us to the rope
we experienced the scariest part leaning over the 100 ft. waterfall. They gave us the go sign to lean as back as far
as we could and start walking down the waterfall. There were people that had
horrible fear of heights, and some even cried. We all stuck together and
everyone went down. When we finished, we started hiking down the mountain back
to our starting point. We packed our bags and got into a open air truck
. Then, we all cooled off in a refreshing waterfall. We walked
until we made it to our final destination where we ate lunch.
. We then ended our adventure with a nice trip back to camp.
We began
the day with delicious hot tea and cake, before disembarking on a short hike to
the “stretching site” where we preformed our morning stretches. After that, we
had a short relay race, and jogged back to camp. After a delicious breakfast,
we were split up into four groups. Groups A and B headed off to explore a cave
and do some abseiling – down a waterfall! Groups C and D took turns rafting and
learning about our environment – both Sri Lanka and the Earth.
Group A
first walked a 7.5 km hike. Along the way we learned about how they tapped the
rubber trees and made rubber. We also
had some meetings with our friends, the leeches. We continued our walk until we
encountered a cave from 32,000 years ago and learned a lot of interesting facts
about its history We waited until group B came back from
abseiling where they gave us their gear and we started a new hike up to the
waterfall. Up by the edge of the
waterfall, the guides from Borderlands gave us a talk about how people first
learned to abseil and how to properly abseil. As they attached us to the rope
we experienced the scariest part leaning over the 100 ft. waterfall. They gave us the go sign to lean as back as far
as we could and start walking down the waterfall. There were people that had
horrible fear of heights, and some even cried. We all stuck together and
everyone went down. When we finished, we started hiking down the mountain back
to our starting point. We packed our bags and got into a open air truck. We then ended our adventure with a nice trip back to camp.
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