Thanksgiving ‘07

Posted in Pre-Departure by Dom on December 9th, 2007

We went to the Ambassadors. It was a nice festive event. The trainees were there. I was pretty much at the height of being ill so I can’t say I was happy to be mingling. It happened though. I even tried swimming once, I went under, got an incredible headache and was then greeted at the surface with a coughing fit. The water was ok though. There were like 30 people in a pool the size of Tim’s. I missed the first bus too, so I didn’t get any of the good beer like some black&tan or some other dark beers that weren’t Carlsburgs. Man I am tired of that beer. The food was decent. Honestly though, my memories of home and Shoney’s were a bit better. One funny thing did happen, this kid got stuck in a life preserver. He tried to dive through it but was too fat and got stuck. It wouldn’t come off. He tried pulling up, and sliding down, and diving back in both ways, but ended up in the shower with soap. It worked. I think it was the morning after two black mambas were killed maybe 10m from our tent. scary…They were only like half a meter long but one had eggs.