Back from the trek

Ok, to start with I have realised that the itinerary I have at home is the old one and there is a new one which is the one we are following at the moment.

The trek was... an experience! We walked for about 4 hours the first day and it wasnt that bad because I didnt get altitude sickness and by the time I got to the camp site I was so ecstatic for making it! So we set up camp and all of these local children spent much time staring at us and we were all so white and pasty! We set up our tents and had pasta and bolognaise for dinner. I am sharing a very small two man tent with a girl called Alice who is really nice. The next day we had a pancake mix, porrige, egg and hot chocolate concoxtion for breakfast which Dr Mckpeake (Peaky/Stuart) made which was suprisingly nicce. He then strapped the remaining eggs to the back iof my rucksack and they dripped onto my fleece all day so we now refer to my fleece as the salmonela fleece! So after that we packed up and we started going back down as we were going to come back to the town of Nebaj as Alex and Miss. Sleggs (Tara) had to go back to the town and we hadnt heard if they were ok but then we heard they were and loads of people wanted to go back home but some of us wanted to climb the mountain and in the end we did even though some were a bit grumpy.

It was hard but totally amazing to climb it and I was so proud of myself! That night we camped in a small village and all you could see was sky tops of mountains and clouds. However there were some seriously annoying children who peed on our tents and stole things from us! There were also lots of dogs. In the middle of the night I had to get up and go to the toilet which was a long walk away and all the dogs were barking and when I was at the toiulet which was a little shed with a hole in the ground and a plasticy curtain you had to hold I heard something or someone walking around the outside which was pretty scary but I never saw anyone. When I came back to the tent there were loads of dogs and they were really close and once I got back in my tent buddy Alice said she had never been so scared in her life!
The next day we walked across the mountains and I peed behind a rock which was fun it seemed like we walked forever and then we had to go down the mountain and I have to say that day (tues 29th) was possibly the worst day of my life! I have never been so physically, mentally challenged or scared and we all agreed after that it was really dangerous. It started hailing and everything and I can now say I have been down the side of a mountain on my bum as I seemed to fall over so much! To make things worse on the mountain I have really hurt my knee since being here and the strain on it hurt so much and even when walking on the flat at the end I was walking so slowly because it hurt so much! I have to say I have never felt so battered, bruised and dirty in my whole life.

Today we woke up and were told we would get the bus the whole way back to the town of Nebaj but instead we had to walk for 2 hours and it was mostly downhill. We stopped at a waterfall and originally I was happy just looking at it but then Leonie and Peaky pulled me up to go stand by it and it was so lovely and cool! After that Peaky carried both mine and his rucksack as I could hardly walk with mine which was so kind and unnecessary of him but made it easier on my knee. We finally got to the bus and made it b ack to Nebaj and I had a lovely shower even though I had to pull on my dirty trousers again! Tomorrow we are starting working the school and ive heard its pretty basic but im excited as its the thing ive been most looking forward to.

I´m taking it easy on my knee and hoping it will sort itself out soonish Peaky said as long as I can bend it it should be fine. Despite lots of time in the hot sun my tan doesnt seem to be coming along well. We also have a sun cream obsessor in our group who constantly checks up on if weve been using it or not. Everyone in the group is really nice and ive definitely learnt not to judge a book by its cover on this trip so far.

Just to say missing you all and wish you were here, everyday I think of everybody and how I miss you and also how I miss food- haha no suprises theere! Thanks for the comments, I love them! Dont forget to look for the other itinerary, you can ask Mum for the address and password of the wc website.

Love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx