Weekend Adventures

Monday January 21st, 2013

Hello! Well this weekend has already been AMAZING! Saturday we spent the day at the beach and went out to dinner at a local grill called Barney's! It was so much fun, there was live music and they played American music! We were told that we don't stuck out like sore thumbs until we start talking! :) It was a really great time! 

Blue skies and blue water! Absolutely Amazing! 

Standing at the bottom of the dunes!  

Bottom of the dunes!

On Sunday we went Sandboarding and Snorkeling with the FreeWalkers Volunteer and Adventures Charity Group. The drive there was full of gorgeous views. We even saw a monkey climbing someones house! The sandboarding is so much fun, it was miserable to walk up the dunes though! It took me quite a few times but I finally got the hang of it. I had so much sand in my hair, in my mouth and at one point I faceplanted into the sand and came up with sand in my ears and noses! Other than that it was a blast! 

Sandboarding with Murray! He had to guide me down the first few times. SUCH A BLAST! 

We ate lunch at a place called Barnacles that sat up on the top of the hills overlooking the ocean. It was absolutely breathtaking.  Maddi and I shared the most amazing dish: Fried Calamari and Queen Prawns (like crawdaddies). Apparently the best part of the Prawn is the brain and everyone sucks it out. So....we did just that! 

After lunch we headed down the beach to snorkel! The water is absolutely freezing! We had to wear wetsuits to stay in the water for a longer period of time, It felt good though because I was so sunburnt at that point.  We got to see some cute teeny fish and even saw an OCTOPUS! 

We started school today! I will post more about the school, classroom and the students this week! I promise! 


Until then! Hope all is well with everyone!