Hi,
Cliff Mike and Matt here with another update for you guys at home.
The trip has been a real success so far, we are getting great feedback from the Chief down. The guys are very enthusiastic, just wish they could swim, we have managed to get them to 100m from 10m, although Cliff and Mike both had to rescue a couple of them again today. Also, one had hypothermia, even though it is like bath water here. They complained that it was too cold, so we explained that the day before we were boiling so 'get on with it'!
We have seen their confidence grow along with their skills. Cliff had a meeting with the Chief and he is very interested in creating a life saving club to twin with Whitmore Bay along with developing life saving in Gambia.
We are training for over 2 hrs on the beach in the morning, 1.5 hrs theory in the class followed by 2 hrs in the pool - that is tirng!
I am sure we will be back in the future. We have toured around, it has been a real eye opener, lots of poverty, the average wage being 10 pound per week. We are trying to improve the life saving but it is difficult to witness the povery here.
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Sounds great what you are doing, be careful of the hippos and especially the peacocks!! I hear they strut around and get aggressive late at night, haven't seen any have you??. p.s. matt you still suck, and can't handle your beer, bri stop flirting with ross, cliff and mike carry on being cool guys you rock!!
didn't know you could do this lol ...
bit late now but ya know!
hope you've all had a wicked time, it looks lush ...
have a safe flight home, see you soon ...
love beth xxx
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