Porter's Trip to Tsavo

By Porter Fairbourne

So around the end of last term we went on a trip to a place called Tsavo, the t is silent. It's like a safari. When we got there they had made a elephant out of poacher traps and it had 5 legs. So at first they said we could choose who we slept wit,h but then when we got there they chose our rooms and I was stuck with the year nines and year eights. The first thing we did was play soccer and just eat lunch which I think was good.  By time it was time to go to bed people already had plans of evilness. They were all going to wake up at 12:00 am and all meet together,  but since some people came out early the teachers stayed out there in till like 2:00 am. The next morning there was one very long lecture. That day we were going to go on two drives through Tsavo.  I saw it all except for lions and hippos and rhinos.  It was actually kind of boring because we only saw the animals for like 5 seconds and then they were gone.  Then we would drive 30 min to find another animal.  They said they run away because of poachers. When they see a car they think, "poachers run!!!"  We played with these hula-hoops for a long time and we just chased each other with them and threw them at people. The bus ride was sooo bad! Someone spilled a giant bottle of coke and it was going everywhere. You couldn't keep anything on the ground including you feet. Then we went on another drive and it was equally boring. When we were going home one year seven had to go in the other bus with the year 8s and year 9s and I bravely stepped forward mostly because this bus had A/C. The trip seemed really short.

Wasini Island

By Alta Fairbourne
Not too long ago my family and I left to a island called Wasini.  It was very pretty. The boat ride to our hotel took a while, but it was worth it. The hotel was very nice it had a big bed in the lounging area and hammocks. We were the only ones there, so we all got to have two people in each room. We went out and swam and hunted down some crabs,  which we all ended up with a couple of scratches due to the spiky coral. As usual we had dinner. There was tons and tons of bugs. Bugs in my food; bugs in my drink; bugs in my soup. IT WAS HORRIBLE! We put on tons of mosquito repellent and went to bed. I went to bed with a horrible belly ache and it was super hot because my fan wasn't working.

In the morning we went on another boat to go to the coral reef to go snorkeling. On our way we saw dolphins. Immediately everyone was like, "let's swim with them" so we all jumped in and swam with them.  Lots of us got to touch them and got really close. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done in my whole life. We were so lucky because the dolphins were so friendly and didn't swim away. Once the dolphins swam away we got back on the boat and headed to the coral reef for snorkeling. It was the most beautiful things I have ever saw! The fish were unbelievable. They were all different colors; all different shapes and all different sizes and had all different patterns. And the coral was amazing! It was orange and pink and white and blue and purple. It was beautiful!! We went to the near beach and rubbed sand all over ourselves because the sand was so pure it made our skin super soft. After some time of playing around we went back to our hotel packed and went back home. I loved the trip so much and really enjoy going on vacation with my family.
Here is the video that Ben and Natasha's family made about swimming with the dolphins.