Guyana's Got Talent!

Yesterday I blogged about something lovely being made for tea, possibly mashed potato. Unfortunately  Nigel's had no potatoes and so the girls bought back some very odd looking, giant vegetables. We had no idea what they were or what they would taste like. Bec and Miriam did their best but the results were a little bit grim! The potato like substance was grey/ purple/ brown and the random green vegetable was the most disgusting thing most people have ever eaten. Luckily Miriam and Bec established this before they served the meal and so they spent 15 minutes picking it out from the source that they had made. In future, we possibly might not go for "potatoes" again!!! We had biscuits to keep us going in the evening and a bar of chocolate- so much excitement :D

This morning Clare and Amelia made pancakes for us all. They were so yummy, although we did not have any lemon juice to the disappointment of a few members of the team. Clare was so distraught about the no lemons situation that we went to the lovely fruit man on the way to CHQ so we are now prepared for pancake situations.

We arrived at CHQ to find a couple of girls eager and ready to go. Unfortunately there were no other leaders in sight and the room with all the resources in was locked. We waited for a while and played some games to keep everyone occupied. Soon someone arrived with some keys and more girls followed. This meant we could start properly- yay!!!


The theme today was camp skills. We started by talking about kit lists and what is appropriate to take on camp. To make the training as much fun as possible, we incorporated relay races, a "Kim's game" using camp items and a game of Giant's House (the girls had to mime camp items, e.g. toilet, fire, tent, in small groups.

We were then meant to practice pitching tents but unfortunately that resource was not available and we had to change our plans very quickly. The new plans involved knot tying and first aid skills. The girls were really focused and receptive, which was lovely to see. We all feel like they have learnt a lot today! A camp style talent show also proved very popular. We heard songs, laughed at skits, and clapped through some fantastic dances. Obviously we felt like we needed to get involved too! We repeated our successful 2nd briefing "If I were not a GOLDie..." routine to the delight of the girls. This time Miriam was able to actually speak properly and was hit in the face by back- bonus!

We ended the training session with some games and songs. The Polynesian duck dance is becoming very popular, although the action make us all very hot!

This afternoon everyone did their washing. There is so much washing that we have had to rig extra lines and we have run out of pegs. But this is GOLD and we can cope! Bec, Deborah, Amelia and Clare have been to book their onwards travel to Arrowpoint- a nature reserve 2 hours from Georgetown. It sounds so exciting and Miriam and Jess are feeling a little bit jealous.

We are getting take out Roti Hut tonight. Jess is sooooo excited and the rest of the team are looking forward to trying it because Jess had been on at us all year about how awesome it is!! We then might watch a film if it ever finishes downloading onto Bec's computer.

Tomorrow we have to get up super early because we are going to Kaieteur Falls. It is going to be incredible and we can not wait! :D

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Team Guyana
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