Evan's Rainforest Trip

Evan recently went on a field trip with three of the P5 classes. It was his first overnight trip and also the first time he has been in an0ther country without us. He had a great time and had lots to tell us about his trip. Here is his story in his own words!

At 7:30 I went to school. The bus left at 8:10 for Miri. It took about 20 minutes to cross the border. Once we passed the border we drove for about 2 hours to Miri Rainforest Resort. We started to walk around to find our dorms. Everyone was racing to find a top bunk. When everyone got their beds we went to play soccer, basketball, and volleyball. Then we went to the obstacle course where the key was teamwork. One time we had to do the army crawl, then if you touched the wires you had to restart. Finally we finished. Then we had to do the football style, running through the tires. Next we went through the echoey tunnels. This next part took a lot of teamwork because you had to climb a 10 foot climbing frame. Next we went to the rock climbing wall that was 8 storeys high. Next we went down to the fish pond. We put on a harness, helmet, and lifejacket. Then we walked into the forest to get attached to the flying fox, also know as a zipline in Canada. The first time I went off the flying fox I was on my stomach racing over the fish pond. The second time I was on my back facing backwards. After we all had a turn we headed to the low ropes course. It was hard but fun. At the very end we got to do the Tarzan swing. The first time I landed on my face, and the second time my foot got stuck because of all the holes in it. By now it was dark. We headed to our room, took a shower, and then went to dinner (tea) For dinner, Jonathan and I had whipped cream, sausages, and beef burgers. My friend Max, who is Dutch had a cucumber burger. After dinner we went for a night walk. On the walk we saw two black widow Tarantulas and two scorpions. We went back to our dorm, and lights were suppose to be out at 9:15, but we decided to get our flashlights out and do a disco on the ceiling. Then we would jump from bed to bed. All the teachers came and told us to go to bed, but we didn't. Finally we fell asleep. In the morning we got up and started to run around. After breakfast we got on a tractor that took us far into the forest. Then we stopped and saw this mini farm. Then we went on a boat ride down the river. After the boat ride we rode back to our dorms on the tractor. We packed all of our stuff up. Next we went on a nature walk through the jungle. We did lots of running in the jungle. Next we went back to our dorms, grabbed our stuff, and headed onto the bus. When we were coming out we stopped to take a picture of our class. Then we hit the road. Once we were over the border we ate our lunch on the bus. When we were near our school we started a countdown of our arrival back to school. When we got back to our school everybody was there waving. We arrived at 2:30.

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By Evan Dunn