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well i finally arrived yesterday at camp after a massive trek. here we go:
17th june train to leeds, stop overnight in leeds, then 18th june, taxi to train station at 7:30am, train to london kings cross, then tube to heathrow, then plane was meant to be at 16:00 but there was an hour delay, then we sat on the plane for 2 more hours before setting off. so that meant 7 more hours travelling to new york. there were loads of us on the plane going to camp america - a lot goingto my camp too. i made friends with a few girls on the plane - although they werent going to my camp unfortunately.
im just speachless - i love it!
well i have finally found the computer room. its 11pm and it is pitch black and the sky is filled with stars. its incredible.
got so much to tell u already. i quickly updated my sta travel journal today - but there was only one computer working and there was a massive queue.
so where do i start?
the plane was delayed for 3 hours - we were sitting on the plane for 2 hours - some maintenance fault. but at least i got to watch 3 movies. it was totally awesome. (do u like my new phase - AWESOME). everyone uses it. hehehe. i watched memoirs of a geisha, fun with d*** and jane, and hills have eyes. aswell as little britain - oops - i kept laughing out really loud on the plane. we got so much food. i had mushroom risotto fro my main meal - and there was this incredible desert called 'gu' u prob have seen it in the shops - BUY IT!!! as well as chocolate brownies, drinks, snacks, etc etc.
i have met so many people. my head is spinning with names - i might just call everyone bob. hahaha.
customs was fine at the airport. quite a long time waiting about 1 or 2 hours - after a 7 hours flight.
the hotel was great too. the 3 guys i stayed with are at my camp too. there were two beds and two blowup beds - so i had the latter. and only slept for a few hours. after being up for 25 hours u would have thought that i would have fallen straight asleep - but oh no!
yesterday, it was just the international councillors who came - so we could just chill, and today the others camp - so people from america, etc.
the people from england seemed so superficial and really quite immature - not what i was expecting. but i have got to know them a bit better now. i was having a conversation with someone else - and they totally agreed that they thought all campers would have been responsible and mature, but not some. just their outlook i suppose - i personally dont see what the point of going to drink alcohol all the time. oh well.
at first i like to be quiter and polite - i suppose im always like that - i just like to listen to what people say first. let them talk rubbish then ill talk to who i know im gonna get on with. and then see about how i can connect with those who are more fierce haha - only joking. but i dont see any problems to arise atall. so thats pretty cool. its just like big brother - without the cameras.
so the cabins - there are going to be 10 kids in my bunk - with 2 councillors - but the two bunks join in one cabin - so there will be 20 kids, 4 councillors, 3 toilets and 3 showers.
i feel like im just eating constantly - its great. there is a lot of fresh fruit - anytime of the day u can just go and eat it. the same with the drinks.
most people wanted to go to the pub tonight to watch the football. i went for the ride - but then came straight back cos they were I.D people. it didnt bother me atall. whereas some people have brought fake ID with them. whatever!
oh my gosh - there is so much i have to say. my mind is buzzing! TOTALLY AWESOME.
when i was walking back from the bar - its quite a walk - all in pitch blackness. i had my flashlight with me. but i was walking - it was awesome - just me - the stillness of the night - the stars in the sky, and fireflys lighting up around me. however - i started hearing roars coming from the forest i was walking through. it must have been the bears - so i started to run! a little scary.
last nite i saw a porkipine crossing the road too and a snake.
i was all alone in my bunk last nite - but the others have arrived today. im sharing a room with jason from new orleans (a proper gangster), and the joining cabin has someone else who has been at camp for 8 summers (6 summers as a camper).
i found out today what department im in - its 'academics' - so thats computers and creative writing, reading, film, etc. ill find out soon i suppose. i just hope they dont expect me to tech all this high tech stuff on the computers - because i said in my application form that i could do it - oops! hahaha.
it is so laid back here- well at the moment anyhow. all the rooms and departments are open all the time - no locks - so iv just wondered through the forest to come to the computers. i figured that no one could steal stuff out here anyway. its so rural. i never knew that people in the local town actually lived like that - its exactly what u see in a 1970s american movie. really dated and exactly just like the films. you would expect to see two old people sitting out on the porch on rocking chairs, etc.
the bus ride was 3 hours, which is close for people in america.
the scenery is amazing too. its just exactly how i had imagined - perhaps better. and it is just like the film 'dirty dancing'. which is a plus.
just before i came to the computers - i sat by the far end of the lake - away from eveything - listening to the crickets and fish in the water - looking at the stars again. i think thats going to be my nightly activity - its just what i have always imagined doing. i cant wait to travel sometime to the outback - away from everything, just you to depend on.
i just wish that i had brought a diary with my to write in. never mind.
im glad that i brought my waterproof jacket now. it is really quite sunny gradually throughout the day, then about 3pm it rains, then today at 6pm there was a thunder storm - i loved it. just being in the county - the fresh air, meeting new people, fresh food.
i just cant wait for the kids to arrive. they come on sunday.
iv met quite a few good friends. there is phillip from germany - hes going to be doing skating - he sounds american though. jason from pennsylvania - about 3 hours drive from where he lives. gemma from clitheroe - shes really common - but really funny too. there is this guy from st annes too. ashleigh from new jersey - shes really funny - shes a cowgirl! she didnt even know what fish and chips were. hahaha i couldnt stop laughing. i have met people from all over - its just great.
iv taken quite a few photos - so ill try to upload the in a sec.
well, im gonna go and look at the stars again. i wish i had a telescope. its so peaceful.
love to all
awesome ash hahaha
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