Wednesday 07/09/11
Part 1 – Camp
I arrived in Caracas on Friday at about 3ish, I think, and met some Venezuelan AFS people. I had to wait around for other exchange students from Europe for a few hours, and then we all had to wait for a bus to take us to the camp. We left the airport at 9ish and drove for a few hours to get to the camp. The next day was a bunch of team building stuff and information about Venezuela, nothing interesting. I didn’t really enjoy the camp; it was difficult for me at first because I’m the only AFS student from New Zealand, the only natural English speaker even. So to begin with, talking with other people was difficult because people were sticking to their country groups and speaking their native languages. We stayed at the camp until Sunday morning, and then we went back to the airport to fly to our respective chapters, mine being Margarita.
Part 2 – Porlamar!
So I arrived in Porlamar on Sunday afternoon to step off the plane to a blast of heat and lots of sun. I met my host mum, brother and sister after getting my suitcase, and we drove home. It’s really really nice here. Margarita Island is beautiful, and my family live in a nice apartment building with a pool.
I went to the mall with my family on Monday, which was amazing. The mall is incredible. Super busy, but way better than any mall in New Zealand, I’ll take some photos next time I go. I haven’t taken any photos yet, but I’ll definitely start taking some.
I went to the beach today, Playa Parguito. It’s a really nice beach and has a bunch of stuff. There are restaurants right by the beach, people who can bring you drinks, loads of people walking around trying to sell you stuff, it’s a great experience. The beach was really busy though, not that it matters that much, it was still great.
Tomorrow my host sister and host cousins leave to go to Caracas, which I'm a little sad about. My host sister is leaving for Canada on Sunday from Caracas for her exchange. It’s going to be pretty lonely around the apartment during the day; it'll just be me and my host brother, but my host brother is cool as well.
I played card games with my host sister and cousins on Monday, which was hilarious and super fun. Them trying to explain in Spanish how to play the games was great.
School starts on the 19th, so I have over another week of lazing around the apartment. I don’t know what I’ll do until then, so my next post will probably be about my first days of school.
I went to the mall with my family on Monday, which was amazing. The mall is incredible. Super busy, but way better than any mall in New Zealand, I’ll take some photos next time I go. I haven’t taken any photos yet, but I’ll definitely start taking some.
I went to the beach today, Playa Parguito. It’s a really nice beach and has a bunch of stuff. There are restaurants right by the beach, people who can bring you drinks, loads of people walking around trying to sell you stuff, it’s a great experience. The beach was really busy though, not that it matters that much, it was still great.
Tomorrow my host sister and host cousins leave to go to Caracas, which I'm a little sad about. My host sister is leaving for Canada on Sunday from Caracas for her exchange. It’s going to be pretty lonely around the apartment during the day; it'll just be me and my host brother, but my host brother is cool as well.
I played card games with my host sister and cousins on Monday, which was hilarious and super fun. Them trying to explain in Spanish how to play the games was great.
School starts on the 19th, so I have over another week of lazing around the apartment. I don’t know what I’ll do until then, so my next post will probably be about my first days of school.
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