Orientation camp.

Hi! This is the very first post and I'll be telling you about our orientation camp.

It was quite an adventure, haha. 

We met the exchangers at the bus station, waited for all of them to arrive, packed everything and left.

There were two buses, luckily I belonged to Bus #2, because bus #1 had some mechanical problems and they had to wait for another bus to come pick them up. It was pretty hot and they didn't have AC so you can imagine how comfortable that was!

First activity: Visit and play with little kids. We visited an orphanage; we gave them food and small presents. The exchangers talked to them (just a little bit, because most of them didn't speak spanish yet) and played with them. The children seemed very happy and the exchangers too. Some of them, didn't want to leave the place.

When we were about to leave, it started to rain and the adventure really started.

Second stop: Rancho Santa Verónica. 

To make it short, it was a pretty complicated and fun orientation camp. 

On the first day, we had a talk about the district rules Rotex-Exchangers. That help them to open up more to talk and clarify their doubts.

On the second day we had a rally with different kind of games. 

The one in the picture was about having their ankles tied up together and then crossing the line faster than the other teams. It was very funny.

The first prize was a mexican hat for each member.

At the end of the activity we gave them all the papers they needed to sign and checked if the required documentation was complete.

After all the games, they had free time. After lunch, we were supposed to have more activities, including the "Cultural shock presentation" but suddenly it started to rain. It was pouring rain! 

At first we didn't know what to do, because everybody was at different places, but at the end we sent everybody to the restaurant. But it was raining so hard (and we weren't prepared) that we even had to use the shower curtain as an umbrella to get to our destiny. 

At the end, we improvised with some other activities and had the presentation, but it was quite complicated at first. 

The good thing is that our team stayed strong and helpful and by the end of the day, everybody's was laughing about it. 

It was a very different and funny camp.
We hope our exchangers had a good time because team ROTEX 4100 wants the best for our students!