Today we took a fieldtrip to Gbedin Waterfall. It’s about an hour’s drive from Ganta and we had to take two trips because we had just two trucks in which to haul the kids. So, there was a good deal of sitting around and waiting involved in our day.
The campers had so much fun at the waterfall. I had understood that we were just hiking and picnicing at the waterfall and that swimming wasn’t allowed since most of our campers can’t swim or are poor swimmers. But apparently it was a swimming trip and everyone but me brought swim clothes. It was fun (though stressful) to watch nonetheless. One of the counselors brought a sound system so everyone could groove and shake their booties to all the popular Nigerian hip hop songs.
After spending the morning at the waterfall, we decided to hike up in the hills to a smaller waterfall. However, the base of the hiking trail was an hour roundtrip away and we had to take three trips (yes, that’s 2.5 hours of waiting time). When we began hiking, I had so much fun. The trail was steep (like, really, really steep), but I had a burst of pride-based energy when I made it to the top faster than a few of the much-more-fit-than-me Liberian teenagers. There were plenty of kids who wanted to help me up the path by holding my hands.
When the path got deep into the forest I was blissfully happy. The bio-diversity is awesome and the jungle was dark and cool.
