Back from Everglades

Our day started very early, after breakfast we started to unset our tents and load the canoes, unfortunately the tie was too low so we had to carry our gear and canoes until the water was deep enough for us to start paddling.

The morning come up with the most beautiful sunset. It seemed like we were giving a present for the hard but pleasant work.

By noon we were back to Everglades city with great memories of this adventure.

We unloaded the canoes, ate and rode the bus back to Naples where we spend the afternoon walking around the nice city.

In only two days we had a chance to have life time lessons. We learned that, despite of what we think it is possible, we can do much more. We tent to stay in our comfort zone not believing that its borders are possible to transpose. The students never thought they could paddle for six hours as they did.

Another lesson was the team work. They soon found out that if the four in the canoe didn’t work as a team they would get nowhere. They rapidly understood that everyone had a role to accomplish on the paddle to the island.

They also learned that is possible and enjoyable to have the sky as roof and the sand as floor, the wonders of being away from civilization and its difficulties that our staff made feel like they were minor.
I believe that now everyone is a different person, the wild side taught them how to live and appreciate their everyday life and especially the chance they were given to participate in a Rotary Youth Exchange.
At night we had our last get together with Pizza, speeches and activities. The students were reluctant for going to bed as it was their last night together.