Expedition Report 1

The expedition was set for the 20th and 21st febuary. It was from St.Martin to Albion, where we, in between, rested at flic-en-flac. The prupose of this expedition was to introduce the NYAA to the newcomers. As preparations, we were told what should be brought in an expedition such as cooking utensils, the amount of water, etc and what should be ignored such as phones, mp3, large snacks etc. We were also given two maps, along with the coordinates of our route. We were placed in a group of four, each having a group leader and every member having an important role. The tent issued was shared between two or three people.

We started at 11:45 a.m. We started walking with our heavy bag on our back at around noon. Our first checkpoint was a farm where we saw several domestic animals. Then we reached a muddy lane and with a lot of difficulty, we managed to pass through it, we continued until we reached the pipeline, where we took a good rest and I had an Alpen bar as snack. We then continued, it was very sunny and water was vital so we had to consume moderately to save for future use. We were walking in the sugarcane field until we discovered we had to pass through a bush of plants called “piquant loulou”. It was the worst part of the expedition because when we reached the end of the bush, we had scratches all over our body. We then decided to take a rest and at the same time wait for the others at the back, who were still struggling. I then figured out that for every hour of walk, we had fifteen minutes of rest. When everyone came, we started to walk and gladly we joined back the road. I then realized, we had reached the flic-en-flac crossroad (with Bamboo and Quatre Bournes). It was around 5 p.m., we were walking and suddenly my bag’s strap broke and thankfully one of the supervisors helped me to tie it up. Surprisingly after a few minutes of walk, someone was injured and as a volunteer, I decided to help along with another friend, Bégée. It was a way to show our teamwork and perseverance. We then continued walking and we actually took much longer than expected but we did not quit. Finally, we had reached our checkpoint of the day, the flic-en-flac youth centre.

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There, we took around 30 minutes of rest and did our tents, took out the things from our bag and then we went for a great swim. It was very relaxing to stay in the water and we did so for an hour. We also played some water games, until one of us was injured by a piece of broken glass found in the water. We then decided to leave. We got him some first aid and by that time, we had to start cooking our dinner. Around 7:30 p.m., we started cooking; we had mash potato, chicken sausages, baked ...

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