Saturday, January 20, 2018
After a very rough sleep in the bus, we arrived in our next city at 4 am. We thought that we were going to the hotel, but as it turns out, we were only at a bus station. We changed from one bus to a different bus fairly quickly and than continued our route to what we thought was the hotel (once again). Turns out we weren’t going to the hotel, as we ended up arriving at a beautiful sandy beach. We all quickly changed into our swimsuits before we all walked down. The original plan was to swim with turtles, but the time wasn’t right (the tide wasn’t good), so we ended up just swimming. The water was the perfect temperature and the waves were large. This was fun and also challenging for me, as being vertically challenged isn’t necessarily compatible with giant waves.
Swimming around with all the exchange students was definitely fun, that was until Gracie got yelled at for swimming out too far. While she was out quite far, she has been swimming in the ocean for entire life, so I thought it was a little unfair for her. Getting scolded didn’t stop us from having fun though, but we eventually had to get out to dry off in the scorching sun so that we could finally go to the hotel. On this stretch of beach Courtney (USA) lost her glasses to some giant waves, meaning she would be left wearing prescription sunglasses for the duration of the trip.
The drive the hotel wasn’t too unbearable, and we arrived about 30-40 minutes later. We got our hotel rooms, settled in, before we went around to explore the hotel’s pool and beach. I chose to take a walk on the beach myself, before I returned to get some more students. As the sun began to set, we all went out to the beach to play frisbee, take photos, and enjoy our time. Before long, it was dinner time, so we all had to return to eat. Shortly after, we all showered and went to bed.
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