Kilimanjaro Bush Camp – Day 43 – 5/8/11
The morning started a bit slow with breakfast and time to check email. But at 10am some people left for church and a game of capture the flag was organized. I ended up on the blue team and we hid our bandana (aka the flag) under the satellite dish in the back corner of our territory. We had seven people on our team and divided into Luke and I running the offensive, Julie guarding jail, Mel and Jess as floater middle watchers, Erin and Courtney as watching near the flag but not obviously. It was a really good game even though we lost. I was very tired by the end since I have not sprinted since December and I did a lot of that. To prove how epic our game was we had two twisted ankles, a bruised knee, and one very scraped leg from sliding on gravel by the end of the game. While Erin’s leg was being treated by an amazed Ernest the rest of us mixed up and played volleyball until lunch. After eating the majority of the sliced cucumber and tomato salad I retreated to shower while most everyone else loaded into the cruisers and headed to town. It was a quiet afternoon doing laundry and reading. Being mother’s day I gave my mom and grandma a tour of the camp via skype. Everyone returned in time for dinner, some a bit tipsy. After dinner a campfire was lit and the tables pushed to the walls on the chumba so that a “dinosaur themed dance party” could happen. We had tiny speakers and only about six people came. Still it was fun to tape papers on ourselves in the shape of beaks and spikes and dance for a bit.
Kilimanjaro Bush Camp – Day 44 – 5/9/11
Today began with program evaluations. We divided into three groups and each group was given 30 minutes to complete the online survey so the internet would not crash from all of us being on at the same time. It was straight forward and we were all done by 10am when we all grabbed chairs and walked out to the far fire pit. Once we were all assembled and Woozy Mittens (local stray that hangs out with us in camp) was begging to be petted, we began closing activities. Molly talked about how we might feel when we get back and the reverse culture shock we will experience. We went around and talked about the things we are most excited to go home for, things we are nervous about, and favorite memories from this trip. We were talking for about an hour and a half so I had time to get a good start on my packing before lunch. Our grades and papers were released at 2pm and the calculating of grades and looking through exams and papers took another hour. This was a MUCH better experience than Tanzania and I only knew of one person who went to talk to the professors. At loose ends a group of us played volleyball for about two hours which was lots of fun but really warm in the sun. A cold shower felt really good after the last game while more people joined in a camp wide game of hide and seek. By dinner I was finished packing and now feel really prepared to head out tomorrow. During dinner we turned off the light and watched a prepared “Yearbook” slide show of pictures from throughout the trip. It was really fun and we all laughed a lot. So now all that’s left is to get copies of the yearbook slideshow, and tie up all the loose ends before program debrief and leaving tomorrow.
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