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‘AWhole NewWorld’:
World Challenge,
Tanzania
Following a period of fundraising, theWorld Challenge team set off
to experience Tanzania in Term 5. Through diary entries and Twitter
posts, the group were able to keep us up to date with this
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Day 1
Day 3
Day 6
Day 2
We arrived at school at 8am, well
most of us! (Ellie arrived at 8.25)
We were all wearing our new,
personalised T-shirts (excluding
Jeremy). In the morning we made
our final kit checks, shared out
all of the group kit, and we were
briefed on hygiene and how to
make sure our hands were always
clean. Before we knew it the clock
struck twelve and we were ready
for the off.
We began our descent, soaring over the beaches of
Tanzania and the city of Dar es Salaam. It had been
over 24 hours since we first met in Derby and we had
finally arrived in country after spending two years of
preparation.We were all relieved and a little scared.
Well I woke up with a mosquito net
suffocating my face at 6.15am after
sleeping through our alarm. Luckily
alarm clock Faith saved the day!
After being told we were late, we got
ready by 7.40am to realise that there
were only four people downstairs
ready to leave. The transport arrived
and after Faith and Irene had done
their safety checks we all hopped
on the bus and left Dar es Salaam
to find Crocodile Camp. At 9.52 we
had breakfast which was a banana!
At 5.30pm we arrived at Croc Camp
where we were all feeling a little
emotional so we put our tents up,
had some dinner and had an
early night.
We woke up not so bright, but very
early as today we were travelling to
River Valley for our food preparation
day.When we arrived at River Valley,
we were greeted by Amanda an
ex-pat who owned the campsite. She
was full of knowledge and helped us
to book our safari. Once we were all
set up we started our food prep. The
first thing we had to do was kill the
chicken. Some of us wanted to get
involved while others decided this
was not for them. Once the chicken
was killed we started to prepare
other traditional dishes. The food
was amazing and we all thought that
we could now cook the food
on our trek.