the annual Cranwell Center foreigner's camping trip
juding from the expressions, i would say this was breakfast ... cant figure out what we were eating though ... Abhishek, CB and Kuan even looked at the camera (Nicole tried)
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the Turks preparing their now famous Turkish Meatballs ... and Nadia trying to get in on the action
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another breakfast shot ... from the table (note to self: dont try taking table pictures in future!)
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me ... in the wild ... we had lovely weather, unlike the previous year
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Nadia and ShuChun hiking through the woods ... must have been at the beginning judging from the big smiles :)
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and then we found this log that looked just about right for all of us to sit on it ... kodak moment
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every now and then it was a good idea to stop for a rest but nobody wanted to admit to being tired so we just pretended we needed to take more pictures
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and yet more pictures ...
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finally, we found this big rock that said "climb me" ... so we did
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Blue Suck Falls - the destination of the hike ... almost no water so people just leaned "against" the "waterfall"
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groupies ... who's that hiding in the shadows anyway ?
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the lake and beach area ... fairly nice for a park ... this is where we went canoeing on the first night and got into the canoe the wrong way around so couldnt control it at all ... ended up going around in circles for ages before we figured out what was wrong
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Jackie and the propane cylinder thingum that isnt lighting
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"Theres something in the air that night ... The stars are bright ... Fernando " ... the theme song for the trip
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Fernando doing the deed with the axe ... chopping wood that is ... so we could later get around the campfire and tell stupid stories about Abhishek, the cicadas, the two lesbians and Jerry Springer
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Gunnar, wanting to look cool too, decides to add to the chopping effort
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CB and Nadia showing off their masseuse abilities on ShuChun and Abhishek
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a typical tent - probably the one i slept in ... no flooding this time - drainage was much better in this park
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one of the multitudes of seven-year Cicadas we saw ... 1999 was the year when the Cicadas came out to reproduce - big insects - good things they flew far overhead of we would have been dodging them all the time
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finally, the obligatory group photo before leaving: (back row) Carolyn, Jackie, Bulent, Altug, CB; (middle row) Nadia, Fernando, Bozkurt, Semih, Shu Chun; (front row) Nicole, Gunnar, me, Chikako & Claire, Lin, Kuan
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only person missing above is Abhishek, so we took another photo with him this time in the middle
