Twelwe Eleven Twenty Ten!

So this was my 24 hours of an Island camp for this time. I would love to have stayed for another day, but couldn’t spend the time there because of other tasks to finish before Friday.
I can only –once again- praise the opportunities Hong Kong offers for outdoor adventures. All over the country parks, there is Camp sites dotted around in remote places to offer the youth all possible adventures and outdoor experiences.
Our group of year 9 was on a small Island in the bay outside Sai Kung, where they were sleeping in tents, cooking under open sky, and then taken on hikes in the j=hills, mountain climbing and kayaking. It is all organized and run by a company called “Asia Pacific Adventures” and their team of highly qualified outdoor educators, takes the students through all the adventures.
I was joining one group who was set out kayaking for the whole day in the waters between some of the many islands in the area that defines Sai Kung Country Park. And what can anyone want more as a part of your work? A day out on the water in a kayak, the temperature is around 25 degrees and it is sunny.
I was covered in sun cream, was wearing a kind of Middle Eastern scarf around my head and neck, had water and snacks in the cockpit (it is really called that) and then I was just enjoing to see the students stepping out of their comfort zones by getting to know that they can do more than ride the MTR on their own.
Amazing to see how a 13 year old can actually grow an inch in front of your eyes, when they realize that they had just crossed a 1 and a half-mile channel of water between two islands only using their arms and legs, and then jumped into the water from a 2 meter pier, before they have to get them selves all the way back to the camp, again by crossing the same water channel in a kayak.