12.29.2012

6 - 10 December


6 December
Sepopa
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Today everyone arrived to get ready for our weekend Island Camping Trip. Most of the people who came we hadn't met before and were all very nice. The house was packed and the ladies made an awesome dinner for everyone. Everyone is stoked about leaving in the morning!

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7 - 10 December
Swamp Stop
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Steph:

Aimee's tiny little house was covered in sleeping, hung-over bodies this morning. It was actually pretty impressive how everyone was ready to go by 7am. Theo and Kyle picked us up with their big trucks and we headed over the Swamp Stop. We had to wait while the boats were being loaded and a lot of people thought that was a good enough reason to start quenching their thirst with the ridiculous amounts of alcohol that were available.

Finally, we all packed into two boats (there were about 26 people in total) and headed into the delta. It was beautiful. The channel was lined with papyrus reeds, the water was clean, the weather was nice. The two boats gave themselves names, Boat A and A Boat, and the competition about who was cooler and better lasted all weekend. Boat A clearly won. Kyle was our captain and less than two hours into the ride, he spotted a crocodile, stopped, drove up to it and CAUGHT it! Just like Steve Irwin. It was pretty awesome. We stopped at a smaller island and made some lunch. It was breathtaking. The plant life and bird sounds made it look and feel like Jurassic Park. We saw a bunch more corocodiles, including a few pretty big ones. Kyle wow'ed us with great fun facts about the area, the Kogle's (Bridget and Matt) taught us about all the birds we saw and the rest of us just sat back and enjoyed the ride.

Boat "B" :)


The island we stayed on was called Pepere Island. It has an area set up for camping, a kitchen, bathrooms and anything else we might need but is still very much the "bush". We camped right by the water and you could hear the hippos grunting all night long. We didn't really spent that much time on the actual island. On saturday morning, we loaded up the boats with more alcohol and took off toward an unknown destination. It was really so nice being out on the water. The weather was actually really hot in the morning, but very pretty. Later in the afternoon the clouds rolled in and we got caught in the rain for about an hour. Our boat took this as an opportunity to show off our vocal skills and sang one calssic rock song after the other. The other boat got into it as well, but we were better :) It can be said that our beverages had taken effect by this point. It was a very good time, to say the least. And the delta was breathtaking. Especially once the clouds rolled in. I really love clouds. The rain clouds make all other colors pop. See photos.

The weekend was a total sucess, to say the least. We met more incredible people, made more awesome friends, saw a bunch of wildlife and enjoyed the biggest inland delta in the world in a way very few people do. We want to thank our new peace corps peeps for including us (again). Thank you thank you thank you!!!

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