A last cooked breakfast at Jollyboys and a fairly stressful packing session trying to fit everything back into the bags! Then a safe journey to the tiny airport and presumably everyone is now back in England and heading back to Kent.
Miss Witherspoon is thoroughly enjoying her student-free day with luxury tent (and a bed!) on the banks of the Maramba River with hippo lounging around on the opposite bank as she eats her breakfast...
So, just to say a massive thank you to all the students who made the trip a great success whilst causing minimal hassle for the staff - it really has been an enjoyable month for us to spend with you and hopefully you have learned much about yourself and life in Zambot.
Enjoy the rest of your summer, free access to food in the fridge and the delights of a real bed,
See you all in September!
Thursday, 5 August 2010
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Last Day
Fear not The Worried Westons - the other group are fine! They are currently off on a sunset cruise for their last day/ Ryan's birthday.
We have had another fantastic 2 days - the helicopter ride and lion experience were fantastic (so I'm told!) but you'll have to get a more detailed update from those that went.
Today we started with bacon butties on the Zambezi river, on our breakfast cruise with hippo and crocodile surrounding us - very peaceful and a great way to start the day. This was followed by an elephant encounter where we were all able to stroke and feed a herd of elephants which was a truly amazing experience. The baby ones were particularly cute but the real talking point were the bull elephants who impressed everyone with their "5th leg"!
The afternoon was spent back at camp supposedly packing, but seems to be lazing around creating even more mess. Guess packing will take place first thing tomorrow morning! We have a dinner scheduled here at the camp site this evening to celebrate our month long adventure and share our highlights.
This is probably the last post, though Miss Witherspoon may add one more comment to let you know that they all boarded the plane safely - she's staying for an extra 10 days, minus the 12 hungry smelly men!!!
Thank you all so much for your comments, it's great to know that you have been following us and hopefully the posts have given you an insight into the amazing trip we've all had.
See you very soon!
Team 2
We have had another fantastic 2 days - the helicopter ride and lion experience were fantastic (so I'm told!) but you'll have to get a more detailed update from those that went.
Today we started with bacon butties on the Zambezi river, on our breakfast cruise with hippo and crocodile surrounding us - very peaceful and a great way to start the day. This was followed by an elephant encounter where we were all able to stroke and feed a herd of elephants which was a truly amazing experience. The baby ones were particularly cute but the real talking point were the bull elephants who impressed everyone with their "5th leg"!
The afternoon was spent back at camp supposedly packing, but seems to be lazing around creating even more mess. Guess packing will take place first thing tomorrow morning! We have a dinner scheduled here at the camp site this evening to celebrate our month long adventure and share our highlights.
This is probably the last post, though Miss Witherspoon may add one more comment to let you know that they all boarded the plane safely - she's staying for an extra 10 days, minus the 12 hungry smelly men!!!
Thank you all so much for your comments, it's great to know that you have been following us and hopefully the posts have given you an insight into the amazing trip we've all had.
See you very soon!
Team 2
Sunday, 1 August 2010
End of Project and Victoria Falls
Last day at project went rally well - all the painting finished and a job well done! Oj made balloon animals/ hats/ flowers/ swords for all the children which kept them entertained for hours. The shildren sang us a song to show their appreciation for our help and we left 2 boxes of toys/ clothes/ toothpaste (they normally use salt or ash) as presents before we left. A really enjoyable week that I'm sure we will all remember for a long time.
First day of R&R was AMAZING! Victoria Falls are spectacular, just the noise and rush of water is phenomenal combined with the sray so that you get absolutely drenched in less than a minute. Fantastic sight (obviously Dr Wood and Miss Spoon got very excited about the Geography of it all and Miss is even thinking of starting her own "Witherspoon's Waterfalls Wall" at school. Hmmm.
Walked down to the boiling pot which gave spectacular views of the bridge and the bungi jumps/ zip wires across - they looked really cool and everyone was upset that our insurance doesn't cover it!
Spent the rest of the day in the market outside the falls buying and bargining for presents. Ben and Oj drive a hard bargin! The stall owners seem willing to trade anything and everything so off went t-shirts, boots, water bottles, even a dirty hanky in exhange for goods and presents! Great fun with lots of productive shopping done.
Also met the other group and heard some of their stories - they are staying at the same camp site as us tonight and tomorrow so expect things to get competitive!
Helicopter ride and Lion experience for half of us today - the rest are off to the market again and to the Crocodile Park then out for dinner, no more cooking!!!
First day of R&R was AMAZING! Victoria Falls are spectacular, just the noise and rush of water is phenomenal combined with the sray so that you get absolutely drenched in less than a minute. Fantastic sight (obviously Dr Wood and Miss Spoon got very excited about the Geography of it all and Miss is even thinking of starting her own "Witherspoon's Waterfalls Wall" at school. Hmmm.
Walked down to the boiling pot which gave spectacular views of the bridge and the bungi jumps/ zip wires across - they looked really cool and everyone was upset that our insurance doesn't cover it!
Spent the rest of the day in the market outside the falls buying and bargining for presents. Ben and Oj drive a hard bargin! The stall owners seem willing to trade anything and everything so off went t-shirts, boots, water bottles, even a dirty hanky in exhange for goods and presents! Great fun with lots of productive shopping done.
Also met the other group and heard some of their stories - they are staying at the same camp site as us tonight and tomorrow so expect things to get competitive!
Helicopter ride and Lion experience for half of us today - the rest are off to the market again and to the Crocodile Park then out for dinner, no more cooking!!!
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