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| I’m finally on my way to Egypt, after 10 months of waiting. I have been anticipating it for so long, fantasizing and trying to imagine it. I still can hardly believe that I’m sitting in this seat 37,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean bound for Cairo. I guess the Adventure really began almost a year ago, on the last day of my Underwater Discoveries Advanced trip. Carlton was showing a slideshow of the Red Sea trip. I had heard awesome things about it and I knew right then and there that Sinai was the place for me. However, my Grandmother, who paid for the trip, had other ideas. At first, she flat out rejected the idea of me going somewhere so far away. But to make a long story short, I was able to convince her that Broadreach trips are completely safe and that by sending me, she was guaranteeing a life-changing experience. I am really excited about this trip, but there is one thing that gets me even more psyched. It is not the diving, or camel riding, or even hiking Mt. Sinai (which I know will be amazing.) The thing that I am looking forward to the most about Egypt is the other people I will get to know. The thing I remember most about last years Broadreach trip was definitely the friends I made. It is a very unique experience when you get to meet a dozen strangers and live with them for 3 weeks. I was a bit apprehensive about it last summer, but the experience changed my life profoundly. Weeks, months, and even now a year after my trip I will find myself laughing about all the good times we shared. When trying to explain a particular experience to someone, I would get frustrated in realizing that it would be impossible to understand the adventure we had without going on it yourself. The times we had were special, unique to our small group. These experiences created an intangible bond that is impossible to describe. The inside jokes that only we understood is what made us like family. I was amazed by how much I loved everybody on the trip. I figured that there would be at least one or 2 people I wouldn’t talk to much, but the fact is that I felt close to all of the 13 other people on my boat. I had gotten to know everybody, and was very sad when we had to separate. I anxiously await the same experience again. Right now, looking around at the faces of the other Broadreachers on the plane, I see just that: faces. They have only begun to transform into friends. I am happy knowing that when I fly home in three weeks, it will not be with a bunch of strangers, but in the company of a group of friends. |
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