This will finally fulfil a promise to take her on a trip, 5 years after Joshua went on a bus trip with me from Dodoma to Dar back in the day.
It was even more exhausting than last time - I had a rough night before we left on the Friday (Ruben woke in the early hours and then I couldn't get back to sleep). The four-hour drive wasn't so bad, but on arrival it is a ferry ride, then straight to dinner, into a session and then a movie night. We actually skipped the move (we have it at home) and got to bed about 10. I slept fine until about 3am, and then woke up with an allergic reaction to something (probably a mouldy mattress) and then spent the rest of the night sneezing and 'streaming'. Not a great start,,,
Anyway, it was uphill from there.
We played a bit of tennis and table tennis in the morning and then got a lift to the beach and had a nice morning building sandcastles on the beach. After a picnic lunch we went sea-kayaking. I didn't expect Bethany to contribute greatly to the rowing effort - but I did her a disservice, as she went great guns :)
After dinner it another session and then another movie night, I made the mistake of telling Bethany she could eat as many sweets as she wanted while we watched - bad plan...she ended up being sick just before going to be, and feeling sick for most of the following morning.
She managed to hold on until we got the the ferry terminal for the return trip - and then was fairly violently sick in a well-placed bush. After which she perked up no end, and was well-ready to chow down on her McDonalds on the trip back :) We had a pleasant drive back to Cairns, and got home just before dinner on Sunday afternoon - happy but extremely tired!
Here are a few photos.
lovely idea to have father and daughter time!
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