yes. i went to camp. so did alot of other people.
Anyway, the bus trip there was good because we were really excited. I was sitting next to vincent, which turned out to be a not as bad as I thought it would be.
about 3 hours later, we got to camp.
skip a few things and we found out what tent groups we were in.
i got landed with mitchell, vincent, michael, patrick, sunchit, ben, ronny and alec.
skip a bit more boring stuff and we learnt our leaders.
i got landed with this AWESOMEST New Zealand leader called Turtle. apparently he was called that because when he was little he had a small hump on his back, which only just got removed a few months earlier.
anyway so we did all this awesome stuff…got a ride on a massive zip line (a.k.a. the flying fox), got strapped to a massive chairlift then left to swing in some really massive “granny-pannies” (giant swing), smashed into mangroves in a small boat (canoing), got rope burn while walking on a wire (high ropes, or “Hi!” ropes), slammed into a wall with knobs poking out of it (rock climbing, or rock clim-bing), and won a contest of countries (archery, GO NZ!!!!)
yes.. so it was very cool. sleeping was hard though. some facts i learnt while i was trying to sleep…
-patrick is a very good sleeper (as quoted by mitchell “and patrick can sleep through a bomb raid”)
-vincent sucks at sleeping
- i suck at sleeping
-alec likes to sleep
-mitchell loves talking when everybody else is asleep
-michael likes talking when he is asleep
-sunchit likes sleeping
-ben doesnt really grasp the idea of sleeping
-ronny, well, i dont think i found anything out about him
i actually have to admit, i dont really know why everybody keeps dissing the food. i didnt think it was so bad.
so my favourite thing was the flying fox. it’s awesome to watch your friend whack into trees as you have a great time.
the worst thing was that i dont believe the camp was long enough. half a day, a full day, and another half a day. bit short in my opinion.
oh and the bus trip back was TORTURE. it was sooooo hot, the air conditioning wouldn’t work, and there were no windows to open.
but i thought it was cool. the camp that is, not the temperature in the bus.
oh yes, and when asked “Hey, do you know New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk-parody duo (but you have to say “there’s two of them”)” Turtle almost instantly answered “Well…that must be…Flight of the Conchords!”
me and mitchell high-fived
yes so the camp was really good.
that’s all for now folks!
