Carina

have just been exploring the country of Wales. Did a 3 day tour checking out some of the sites with 21 others. saw some pretty cool stuff - old ruined abbeys and a few national parks. Wales has some pretty cool history - all about kings and queens etc. visited this really cool place called Port Meirion, which is a village that some rich fella decided to build because he wanted his own village - imagine that! when you walk into the place its like you're in some mediteranian country because of the style of the buildings and the bright colours. the only downside is that its aimed at tourists and you have to pay to get in, but other than that its choice! visited some national parks - brecon beacon and mount snowdonia, stopped in ... read more

excusez-moi madame/monsiuer parlez-vous anglais? hows that for a bit of French! excellent! I learnt this phrase on the train over to Paris, and had to put it into use a few times! Anna and I jumped across the channel into France for a week. Spent 4 nights in Paris, checking out the sites during the day. Some wicked things to see. The first day there, we checked out the Louvre...got a sneaky picture of the Mona Lisa...oh what a bad ass! From there we went and found the Catacombs. I would recommend seeing this if you're ever in Paris and looking for something on the 'weird' side to do. The catacombs is this underground tunnel thing which is 1.7kms long, and is filled with 6 million human bones, which had been exhumed from Parisian cemetaries about ... read more

...and homesick 4 miami!!! Guys if you ever feel the urge to go to Washington DC you can do it in a day. we are here for 4 days and thats way to long...we saw everything there is 2 see in a day and now we have nothing much to do! we actually almost booked a flight back to Miami, but then decided to stick it out :) checked out the white house, the washington monument and the reflecting pool and lincoln memorial which is featured in the forrest gump movie - the bit where he makes a speech?? and runs after jenny?? Its interestin, but boring. Might see if I can bump into the Bush (george that is) and get him to take us out 2 dinner...how funny would that be? dont know what we ... read more

Can you believe that im in the Bahamas?? im honestly still pinching myself!! and the best part is that im on a frickin Cruise ship!! far out!! A 4 night cruise of the Bahamas after 10 weeks at camp - what more could u ask for?!!! Have had the best time here. the ship is amazing! its so huge and is just luxury! the foods great, the people are cool, the weather is mint and the islands are tropical! there is never a boring moment. am doing the cruise with 5 other girls from camp - Jes and Charlie (both from NZ) heather (england) claire (scotland) and Kia (aussie). the cruise departed from Miami on the 5th sept. we woke up on the 6th to find ourselves docked in the island of Nassau. Checked out some ... read more

Far out its been 10 weeks already! hasnt time gone fast! ive been looking forwards to the end of camp but now that its almost here (2 days to go) I dont wanna leave! Honestly you have a love/hate relationship with this place - every single person that I know here does - its your home and the people are your family, but being tired all the time can drag you down - but u still love it - the good times and the bad! had banquet the other night - where the whole camp gets dressed up and has a formal type dinner, and then after dinner we had the staff show - Grease! was heaps of fun! a good laugh! Oh soccer... so we had 2 soccer games this session and we lost big ... read more