Summer Trip to Egypt

One of our writing prompt's this last month was to write about a trip that you went on with your family. I chose to write about my trip to Egypt. This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to Egypt to teach tennis to teens at a sports camp for 7 days outside of Cairo.  In addition to teaching tennis, I taught kids how to get across the high ropes, climb up a climbing wall, and go down a zipline. We also worked at different team building stations. You will see some of these in the pictures. At one station, my only prop was a huge spiderweb. The whole team had to get threw a hole one at a time without touching the rope. All holes were different sizes. They had to work together as a team to get this done to get everyone to the other side. At another, 7 team members had to kick a soccer ball and have it land on a small circular rug. This was actually pretty difficult to kick it with just the right touch and soccer is the main sport in Egypt. We also had the opportunity to get some sightseeing in as well. We traveled into Cairo and shopped for souvenirs at the bazaar. After touring the Pyramids at Giza, we rode a camel. Riding a camel, for those wondering, it's like riding a horse. Lastly ,we took a trip to the Red Sea. At the Red Sea, we relaxed on the beach, which looks very much like one of our beaches in the USA. We played some volleyball and I collected some red rocks from the Red Sea. Not all rocks were red. But, I was amazed at how many were. I had an amazing time and enjoyed many activities for the first time ever. This was definitley a trip of a lifetime for me. I will not ever forget this trip because I saw so many cool things. The slide show below is just a quick look of what I did while I was there. The kids have really enjoyed hearing about my trip. So, if they have been telling you about it, now you get to check it out for yourself.  :)

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