Today we all piled into a minibus to go visit the National Park, where the rope bridges are! The two hour drive which Tim had promised turned out to be a 3 hour drive.
It was great to see more of Africa but I could feel that the whole group were getting tired by this point, it had been a long two weeks for them in a completely different country.
We finally arrived at the park and everyone got their tickets to go on the bridges. Myself and Terri stayed behind because she has high blood pressure and I have a small fear of heights, plus I wanted to keep her company as I didn't know how long everyone would be.
So, while most of my youth theatre were suspended 100 foot above the trees on 7 long rope bridges, we sat and drank pineapple juice.
They appeared to have enjoyed the experience as they all tumbled back into the main area, I think I would have gone if I had been 100% confident that no one would have swung the bridges. Vicky had swung the bridges - I would have screamed. We bought some things from the incredibly expensive gift shop and then headed back pretty quickly!
On the way we stopped at Derriks house (after I had told Tim that we were not going to visit anymore families, this was ignored and I was not happy but what can you do?) We swung my Marthas, were she was told we weren't coming. We felt bad but Tim had obviously been making promises to them knowing full well what I had told him a few days before, he thought he could get away with it but I wanted to make sure our kids went to the Ocean Bar as I had promised them.
It was nice to meet Derriks family, we had a bit of a dance and drank pop and then ended up at Kassims! We drank more pop and Kassim ushered us all away pretty quickly, knowing that we had to be gone. We found out that ALL families had been waiting for us since 8am, Tim had made so many promises without consulting us, we felt bad as we had tried to make things clear ages ago.
We finally got to the Ocean Bar and it was pouring with rain. But I had made a promise, so off we went. Luckily they did have an inside area where we sat and ate food until the weather improved. Then all the gang ended up on the dancefloor once again! It was a pretty good night and we met some wonderful people this time.
Abbi really wanted to give Sani some cards as he had picked up on card games really well. I happened to have a pack on me and pushed them into her hands as he came over. She gave him the present and he was so delighted. They sat and played cards for some time together, now he can teach his friends.
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