This week 28 Year 7 students and 5 teachers ventured out to the desert North of Khartoum for two nights. We camped at two different locations, the first night we camped by some rock jebels near Saboluka and the second night we camped near the Meroe pyramids. 

The first day students were required to navigate themselves around the rock jebels to the campsite. After setting up camp we proceeded to climb to the top of one of the nearby rock jebel. For many of the students this was quite a challenge, with many students wanting to give up. Eventually we all made it to the top and we were rewarded with some fantastic views.

 

The evening the students were required to had to plan and prepare a menu for the first night and Mr. John sampled some delicious gourmet delights. After this students participated in some night activities.

The next morning we were up at 6am and climbed up an easier Jebel to watch the sunrise. After breakfast and packing up we walked out to the local café where we waited for a bus to come and pick us up to take us to Meroe.

At Meroe students enjoyed searching the ancient pyramids trying to decode the ancient Meroitic scripts, running up and down the sand dunes as well taking a ride on a camel.  The second night dinner was cooked on a campfire and a debrief was had looking up at amazing shooting stars.

All in all the students and staff had a great, but tiring time! Students learnt a lot about personal organization skills and about the Sudanese environment and culture. 

                              

The funniest part of the trip for me was at the checkpoint on the way home, a official asked for my licence and then took it away. As per usual after waiting a few minutes, i then went to the police car. The police man pointed to the sack of rubbish on the back of the car that was tied down and said i would have to give him 30 SDG. I told him that most people in Sudan just throw their rubbish in the desert and they leave the whole place looking like a very messy, and that i had taken the time to take the rubbish with us and be responsible and teach the youth of Sudan to be responsible and not just make the rubbish situation worse, i am sure you can image me, with the guard translating for me, anyways in the end, his co-worker pick up my license and gave it back to me.