My experiences at Okkie Jooste Camp 2014

Going on this camp I had lots of expectations because I've been to the same place twice before. Needless to say, those expectations were not met. I got to share a cabin with a few of my friends because the others were full and poverty-like so that was awesome. There wasn't any cockroaches or mice around to scare the girls with so that sucked. Some REALLY REALLY embarrassing photos of me were taken so that sucked. I thought we were going to have LOADS of free time but er...LOL no! We had lots of constructive work to do. The first day was chilled we had ice breakers and team activities which sucked doughnuts because I was in the Loser team but it was still enjoyable though. Some other team prepared supper so I didn't eat because well, trust issues that's why.

 On the third day (I think) my team had to prepare lunch straight from coming after a 3 hour hike. I was like WHAT?! So I bunked my duty for a few minutes to freshen up because I didn't want to make some sweaty food. Let's just say that the onions were not onions hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahamwahahahahaha.(evil laugh). Anyway one of the teams braaied, or attempted to braai for us. It was...hmmmm okay. 

Okay, now for the complaining. First of all the toilets.......kill me. They were so dirty and stinky that my lady parts had a heart attack!!! The cold showers were okay because I'm badass and used to it but uhm the hygiene. I'm convinced it was cleaner and safer to poop outside than use those seats. Ultimately my experience was very memorable because I got to really know more about my peers (sometimes too much information). I really hope that we have the opportunity to go again someday.

P.S everyone was constipated and my bladder was scared of the toilets.

 

My experience at Cape Point 2013

CAPE POINT 27/09/2013

Being from Cape Town myself I was already fully aware of the range of natural beauty the city has to offer. Never in my wildest dreams or imagination did I expect to experience so many wonderful events from Cape Point alone as I did today. First, it started off with a two hour drive from our varsity campus to Cape Point which I thought would be such a drag- I mean who wants to spend two hours cramped up in a bus. Turns out I was wrong. I was fascinated by a few of my fellow classmates who were in awe after they had seen the beach and landscapes of the city for the first time. I too did not expect the city to look so beautiful especially since it was rainy the morning and seemed like the rest of the day was going to be gloom. As we reached the mountains and the weather started to change I could feel the excitement building up. We reached the first stop (I was too excited to remember the name) and got out, explored and socialized for about half an hour then it was time to move along. My friends and I were the last to board the bus as we were in the bathroom and didn’t hear that the rest were about to leave- lucky us. Our next stop was my favourite. We had to hike up a rocky pathway and a few flight of stairs as well to reach the lighthouse. The view was truly mesmerizing. We could see the land, the beach, the sea, the BABOONS (lol) and even smell the fresh morning dew that the rain left behind. On our way up, the adrenaline really kicked in as it was a proper hike and not exactly the ‘walk’ we expected. Funny enough, a ‘few’ of us were out of breath when we weren’t even half the way op yet. I used this set back as an opportunity to take as many pictures of myself and friends to save as memories and brag a little bit to my other friends and families. Finally, we reached the very top. There were many other people (foreigners) as well. Chinese, Irish, German and Polish I think. It was extremely windy up there, I could not even hear myself think or keep my eyes open. There was a time when the wind literally blew me over and I had to regain my balance. The walk down was easy though. On our next and final stop we went down to the beach. We had our lunch inside the bus because we didn’t want to attract the baboons. The temperature was too cold too swim and the tide too high so we ended up taking pictures mostly and walking along the rocks. For those of us who weren’t as tired, we hiked halfway up the mountain on the ocean side as well and enjoyed the view of watching the two oceans meet…