Our camp at High Africa

Camp was something I was looking forward to. Getting to go to High Africa for the very first time!
I was so excited to do this, get away from technology and all other distractions. So when the 6th of March came I was so pumped! When we got onto the bus, I was ready for the wait. A two hour drive can’t keep my excitement down. Then we settle down and get ready for the bumpy ride, off the camp we go!!!We arrived at camp with so much excitement, even with all our heavy bags, we ran to the meeting point. We all couldn’t wait till we got our cabin numbers, once the crew members were introduced, we got our cabin numbers, I got all of my friends and then went to our cabin, we reached our destination. CABIN 7!!! We unpacked ( after we discussed who gets the top bunk ) then we headed out to the cafeteria to get our cutlery in place. After that the real adventure began. I was assigned to the Leap of Faith! It was one of the games we had to do. It was so exciting there was this climbing wall and everything that made a child’s heart beat like crazy! The climbing wall was 10 meters high! I only got to 8 meters, but I had so much fun! More challenges came are way but my group didn’t give up! The next day we did more challenges and my favourite one was The Bush! We had to do these crazy obstacles but nothing is impossible even if it seems! I wish I could tell you more but there are so much stuff to talk about. So let’s just cut this crazy adventure into little pieces.
We made our on dinner twice ( Made me feel like an adult ).
We swam in the really cold river with these Life vests ( which in my opinion is pretty cool ).
We also got to go on a night walk and we meet along the way some scorpions!
Then the day came to a end. And the morning began and off we went back to school, goodbye High Africa.

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