The team games were really fun. There were 4 games that we had to complete as much as possible, in 5 minutes each.
The first one was having 4-5 people walk together on a pair of long wood boards. That was hard! Only after 2-3 minutes passed that we were able to walked in a synchronous manner. But it still was hard to make sure we walk to the right direction.
The second one, they put up a net on two high poles. The net had big holes in it, through which each team member had to go through. We could only use one hole once. So the smallest of us passed first using the hole in the bottom. I considered myself lucky to be lifted up by two guys, passed on to the other side, and retrieved by two other guys. I think our team did pretty good at this :)
The third one was the most tiring, gosh. We squeezed ourselves into a circle and put something like a rubber tire around us. That was okay. Then we had to run as far as we can, with that constraint. Oh yeah. I was dragged at times, and exhausted in the end. But I think we did pretty good on that as well!
The last one, one of us had to be blinded and walked through a path with obstacles, while the rest of us guided him/her. This was not easy, eh?
Regardless, we came as 2nd winner. Pheeww!
That was not the end of it though. We had lunch, which was really delicious. After taking a break, we went for the adventure activities.
First, we had to pass a river. For that, we had to build a raft from 5 big tubes, 2 rattan sticks, and ropes. Haha, talking about surviving in a remote island. Not bad though, we made a little "star" by joining the tubes in a 2-1-2 formation. That held up and took us all to the other side of the river without tumbling into the water.
Next, I was going rappelling. For that, I had to hike pretty far up, and climbed up big rocks. Ok, it was not that bad. If you don't know what rappelling is, this is the picture. I don't have one taken up there, because nobody brought camera with them (had to pass through the river, remember?)
Oh yes, that was really cool. And yes, that was really scary for me. A few other girls who went before me were either backing up in the beginning, or screaming on the way down. Scared me more. But I was told that it was not scary or dangerous. Just trust the rope, they said. So I pushed myself to do it. Besides, everyone else did :p
I was the third last person to do rappelling. After we got down the big rocks.. we had to wait for our kayak to get to the other side of the river, again. Then it started raining. Yeah, right! It was cold! For about 10 mins I was under the rain waiting for my kayak. My shoes were all wet, soaked in water. Luckily, I brought a plastic bag in my pocket. That became my head cover :).
Now, the yuckiest thing. After we arrived on the other side, there were 4 people left. The others had gone back to the camping site. We were left with their shoes in the kayaks. Not to mention it was still raining and we were drenched. Not nice. At least I found it not nice. We each carried several pairs of shoes, walked through the small pathways, potentially stepping on cow dungs and/or hitting the plant thorns. That was the time I realized.. I whined a lot. I complained about the rain, the dirt, my soaked shoes, the cow dungs. Oh my. Camping was not as nice as I thought. But still, a few people waited for me, I had clothes and shoes, and changing clothes and sandals. I just went for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure experience. Why can't I be grateful?
It was an exhausting, yet very fun day. I slept well that night on my apartment bed, and forever I will have good memories about the camping.
Pictures? Still waiting for others to upload them somewhere. I'll be back on that.
