Vani Sulori camp - where the youth goes
On Tuesday CampusLions Club was invited to Vani Sulori camp. Some of our students were already
there and I guess they knew we were coming. For the camp we had to prepare some
games and of course take all our motivation so that we could inspire the people
there. We rented a bus, suited up (hey, we were supposed to meet the mayor of
Kutaisi, we couldn’t just go in trainers) and hit the road. The journey wasn’t
that long, especially when you consider that we were dancing most of the time
in our seats. The camp people greeted us with applause and cheers and we answered
with our enthusiasm.
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| Vani Sulori camp |
Each of us told a
little about ourselves so that the campers would know whom they’re dealing
with. After that we danced and took photos and we had a few trainings as well.
Sadly, we couldn’t stay a long time in the camp, so we went to the bus to find
a possible place to eat and later swim. The river water was not so warm, but it
felt so nice to cool down finally, that we didn’t care - we took our time
there. When we did go out, we traveled to Motsameta – one of the churches next
to Kutaisi. The view from the top was beautiful and we didn’t care at all that
it started to rain.
Later in the evening
we had a little party as we had some watermelon and melon left, so everybody
was dancing and eating.
Hide in the caves
On Thursday morning we
took a bus as well but this time to visit Sataplia and Prometheus caves - I
mean it is the end of our internship, it’s about time we see them. First we
went to Sataplia where the guide explained that you can find different
footprints of dinosaurs in this area. Of course, that meant there were some
dinosaur statues with which we gladly took photos and selfies. The cave was a
bit chilly – around 14 degrees, but after such heat it was amazing and
refreshing. We didn’t want to go out, but the tour had to end somewhere. We
took a pause and continued to the viewing platform from which we could see all
of Kutaisi.
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| In Prometheus cave |
Prometheus cave was
much bigger so we could take even more time to escape from the heat. It had
beaaaaautiful stalactites and stalagmites, I was amazed by them even if I have
seen them before. When the tour ended, we took a boat out of the caves to
outside. It felt relaxing – just gliding under rocks. Outside the caves a
little train was waiting for us to take us to our bus so we hoped onto it and
went back.
Flashmob or How to make Georgians dance
While going to Vani
Sulori camp, I got the idea of maybe we should do a flashmob to remember our
time here. I quickly had a chat with my roommate and we set out on the task of
making a dance and finding the music. Our boss liked the idea as well – for her
it was a good chance to get more attention into our activities.
We did the music track
on Wednesday – the final mix was 3 minutes out of 7 songs. Whole night a trio
of us (Lithuania, Algeria, Ukraine collaboration) was thinking what moves can
the whole group do and after 1,5 hour of ridiculous movements a dance was born.
The hard part was to teach it to other people – that took around 2-3 hours (and
also a lot of patience) on Thursday night. Friday was our day to shine.
The flashmob was late
and people started gathering to see what’s going on. We’ve lost our element of
surprise, but we still had a great time. We repeated it two more times the same
day in various places. All of us agreed to repeat it in different countries as
well. So if you’re in Lithuania and reading this, you know who to contact – me!
More goodbyes happened
More and more people
are leaving. This time it was two of my roommates from Algeria and Qatar (who
will be greatly missed – the house is not the same anymore) and two other
interns from Egypt. So on Friday we had our little get together. All of our
house went to the amusement park and played like little children (the electric
cars are the bomb! Plus the funicular – I can’t believe it’s still working) and
then in the evening everybody got together for dinner. We wrote some postcards,
exchanged gifts and hugged tightly with promises to meet again. In the morning
they went to Tbilisi to have their flight.
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| Bunch of weirdos aka my family |
Weekend in Kutaisi
You only notice how
small it is when you have no activities – there’s no cinema, one night club and
most places close until 12. These were two reaaaaally lazy days, but I used
them to finally get a good night’s sleep, relax and shop a little. On the evenings
we even got some possibilities to cook for ourselves without making a huge
mess. It was peaceful. It was calm. It was boring as well. But we got used to
this town after so much time. Even if it’s boring here, I would like to stay
more.
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