A 12pm meeting and
photos from the press was followed by the group departing after tears from
students, parents and staff. The tears were quickly dried with the news of a
stop off at Fleet services for an exceptional McDonalds, the highlight being
Dave Corbin devouring 5 double cheeseburgers without them even touching the
sides.
The team met with members of CRED Simon, Mike and team leader Gillian at
Heathrow Airport, only for Steph Ross to cause suspicions at the security gate,
followed swiftly by a full body search. After awkward hands and eyes were
exchanged, the team relaxed before the mammoth 7 hour plane journey in the
departure lounge. The team were rewarded with spicy, dodgy chicken and fish
curries, though many remained in their packaging.
As Addis became closer, the
sunrise that greeted the team as they entered African airspace was “sunsational”.
Ebola screening took place on arrival in Addis Airport, and the 3 hour wait for
transfer to Kigali led to slumming it in the airport before the team entered a
cramped and sweaty plane to Kigali. The plane journey was rightly described as
“uncomfortable and sheiky” due to the number of high profile, high income
members of a religious group allowing our group to be greeted by thousands of
Rwandan locals.
But also at Kigali airport was Helen, who had come via Uganda - the team was complete at last.
The group checked into their apartments and departed onto their
first sightseeing session, viewing the city of Kigali and the hotel featured in
‘Hotel Rwanda”. A fish supper was an excellent way of closing an exhausting 24
hour journey, before the team hit the bed for a well deserved rest.
One
of many victims of our intercontinental travels.
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Written by Carl Butcher & Dave Corbin
39 comments:
Hi Katie (Simmons). Glad you all arrived safe. Sophie has found perfect bridesmaids shoes for you both. Can't wait to show you. Enjoy your first day. Don't forget your sun cream & Mozzy spray. Love you & miss you. Mum,Andy,jake,toby & jamie xxx
Hi Joey. Glad you landed safe and well. It's going to be a once in a life time experience so enjoy. We all miss you love you loads xxx
Hi ya Katie and Portia xx
Have fun, be good, and be safe xx
Love Lucy xx
Wow Oak in Rwanda - amazing
Cerys Payne you're a star - do what you're good at.
Carl - great blog - looking forward to the next instalment!
Bex - this is all down to you - you're an inspiration.
Keep the details coming and I'll make sure the rest of Oak get the updates.
Cerys - Rocky has had his haircut and is missing your cuddles - oh yes - so are we!
Much love from Mum Dad Rhiannon and Rocky xxxx
Hello all!!
Glad you've landed safely! Everything's sounding amazing already and it's good to hear you had a nice smooth journey through security ha! Can't wait to hear more :)
Lots of love,
Iona xxxxxx
Hiya Charlie, I'm glad to hear you got there in one piece and your all well and good. I've got my first day at my new job on Monday so I'll post on here and let you know how that goes! But have the best time of your life out there. Miss you so so much, just hurry up and get back so I can have a cuddle! Love you loads. Clannad x x x
Just dashed up to Sainsburys to buy echo Katie & there was nothing in there about you all today. Try again on Monday xx
hi megan (carey) and the rest of the team. Glad u all arrived safely today, you have had a long 24hrs. I bet ur eyes lit up when u saw ur fish dinner (not). I hope miss wright has taken ur passport of you, as we would all like to see you in 9 days. Hope you have amazing time. Love and miss you lots mum, dad, danielle, asia, ryan and nan xx
Hi David. Good luck to you and the team. Really proud of you son
hey lam! Glad you got there ok, make sure you enjoy yourself! Love Harry xxx
Hello Charlie Goodman. Glad you got there safe and sound and missing you lots already. Have fun :-) lots of love Mum xxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Amy and everyone else, glad you all arrived safely, oh dear i did have a giggle at the fish dinner, bet you loved that lol, be safe all of you and look forward to more updates of your experience. lots of love Dad and Rach xxxx
Hi Guys, I hope you are having a wonderful experience. Enjoy the culture, people and work. For some this is a once in a lifetime for others its not new so help one another. Try the food it my surprise you. Help people, love each other and offer hope. You have all done so much hard work to get this far and this is only the beginning. You will learn more about yourself, others and the world we live in over the next few weeks than you have in the last year. Enjoy. God bless, Tony
Hi Aliesha Good to hear that you all arrived safely and hopefully had a restful evening. Enjoy each day and embrace the culture. You will all be amazing and will share something special with everyone you meet. Much love and hugs to you all Tracey, John xxxx
Want to be with you lot!!!! Have a lovely 12-9 shift at work today! Hope your all having a really good time so far. If the flight was as described hope Mollie wasnt rocking back and forward, and laila and issy werent farting through nervousness because we all know they have issues;) Maddi Ill blog if any thing “interesting" happens at leaf, because you know what its like! Good luck when you start work!!!!!!! Lots of love, bex ill be in ur cuboards monday xoxoxox
David and Stephanie Ross said
Hello darling, we were pleased to hear that you have all arrived safe. I tried to send this last night but had problems with my password. The girls are doing well, eating like horses. Cocoa had a little adventure outside, but came in on her own through the cat flap.
We are off to church now and will say a little prayer for God to keep you all safe. Love you so much and we are so proud of you.
Mummy and Daddy xxx
Hey lamara, so pleased to hear you had a safe flight, bet the fish dinner went down nicely lol can just imagine the face you pulled!
Nan and grandad are still confused on what a "BLOG" is so It might take a while before you get a message. We are so proud of you and love and miss you just enjoy this fantastic experience,. Love mum dad the boys and plucks from the pups x
Hi Chelsea, Glad you all arrived safe and well. Rhys and Lilly were waving and blowing kisses to the airplanes in case you were on one of them. I hope you had a nice lie in LOL. Lots of love from all of us xxx
Hi Portia glad you all got there safely xxx hope you are having the experience of a lifetime love you mum dad and Jamie xxx
Hello Amber,
Very very glad to hear you're in Africa safely:) Hope you have an amazing time; which I know you will!:) I miss you so so so so so so much!:( Love you with all my heart and more:)
Love you lots,
Courts xxxxxxxxx
Hi mollie, glad to hear you all arrived safely, we are all so proud of you again, everyone at home sends there love
Take care and see you soon
Lots of love mum, dad and Rebecca xxxxx
Hiya babygirl Amy Ralph hope ur having a wonderful time we miss u lots can't wait to see all the updates on here love u lots mum and martin
Hi Amber, great to hear you've all arrived safely, hopefully the paint did too!!
We're all missing you and wondering what you might be doing and eating!! Enjoy your amazing experience, we really can't wait to hear all about it.
Take care, stay safe, love you soo much, see u in 8 days!
Mum & Dad xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Amy Ralph glad u are all there safe and sound guess u were munching on ur goodies can't see you eating fish supper lol have an amazing time it's a wonderful thing you are all doing we are all so very proud of you lots if love and hugs mummy and martin Xxxxxxx
Hi lamara its layton I love you sister so much xxxxxxxxxx from your brother .
Hi Carl,
Glad you all got there safely and are having fun. It's an amazing experience for you all but I can't wait to see you when you get back. Lots of love, Chelsea xxxxxxx
Hi Sophie glad you arrived safely - so proud of you all for what you are doing :) Hope you have an amazing week & that the lessons go well - we'll be thinking of you - Love Mum,Chris & Megan
love you meggy moo, cant wait to see your beautiful one face in 9 days. love you lots Danielle xxx
Hi lamara its layton I love you sister so much xxxxxxxxxx from your brother .
Good morning lamara hope your well, love reading daily what you have been up too, everything is ok here love you millions
From mum and dad x
To my darling girls, Meg, lam and issy, missing you lots but hope you're having a good time, just watching Jeremy Kyle with ellis babes mums cooking him dinner haha, hope you're all well and making them little ones smile, got the night off work next Monday so will be there for when you come home, speaking to your mumma everyday meg and she's missing you so much we all are, missing my mousing partner ;-) and singing full out vertigo with you iss and miss your boblling bun will never laugh again lam haha omg had all my hair cut off and gone darker haha, see you soon girls stay safe love always hol xxxxxxxxxx
Hi Amy (Ralph) just me again, hope today has been a nicer day for you all. Enjoy your time away
Love Lois xx
To all you lucky people right now, I must say I'm finding it incredibly hard reading the blog with out welling up and my time hop appears very depressing as I look back on Africa last year..massively jealous! Incredibly proud of everyone on the team, just keep doing what your doing CRED, it's amazing x love and miss you all jacquelyn x
HEY Alex,issy, Katie and laila, this is Lucy and jess!!!
We have just been to sprinkles, and jess just had a poo in my house, so it's safe to say she isn't suicidal at the moment Laila. Also, you've missed something interesting that happened between jess and a certain somebody at matalan.. Cough,rose, cough cough! Joe is missing being tickled in chemistry, and biology is pretty quiet!! We might walk your mutt for you soon!
Alex I still look out for you every morning at the bus stop, the buss is quieter without your singing, I miss your sexyness around college!
Hey Katie I was about about to call you your favourite nick name but I didn't as it would be appropriate as this will get read to t he whole group! We miss all of you see you soon! By the way Lucy magaged to pass her theory test woo! Byeeeeeeeee
Hi Maddi hope your having a great time. Enjoy every moment. See you soon Dan
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