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Place to travel

Kalamata's Hiking Club

You don't have to be a child to feel like a child. Just go on a trip with the Hiking Club of Kalamata - ΕΟΣ Καλαμάτας. It was my spontaneous decision and by the way the best in my life!

It was going to be a rainy day. I only went there with two other girls. We didn't sign up but we could still go on the trip. When we were supposed to leave, people from the Hiking Club told us to leave everything in the car and we started the expedition. We didn't really understand and still wanted to take our backpacks. Only one lady told us that we can take them, but we are 100 percent sure that they will be completely wet. And she was right. Fortunately, she convinced us and we left things in the car. We also dressed up in nature, because we didn't think that a swimsuit would be necessary from the very beginning of the trip. Our first steps started at the foot of Mount Lycaea, where the beautiful Neda River flows out, which is the natural boundary between the Prefecture of Ilia and Messinia. It was crazy when we found out that we had to go into the water in our shoes and make sure the shoelaces were well tied. Our whole trip to the

waterfalls on the river was a great adventure, where I felt like a little girl who came up with an idea that is very ridiculous.

Everyone seemed very happy during the trip. Most of the people have already been on this trip a few times, but they were still very adventurous. They gave us advice on which side of the river it is better to go. In some places, the river was very rushing, in others there was no feeling of bottom. We could jump from the cliff to the water and swim inside the cave, where it was dark and water was flowing down on us from the ceiling. This feeling when you are in such a place for the first time in your life and you don't know what awaits you next is unearthly! Then we climbed the rope, my dream of a climbing wall finally came true! Next to floating waterfalls there was a rope to climb and we had to use it. There were a lot of waterfalls and the biggest one we called Niagara Falls, but I don't know if this is the official name. Then we swam in the crystal water and admired the beautiful wildlife around us. After crossing the mountainous terrain, we got into a car pack, and drove along winding paths to the village of Neda, where we had a delicious Greek dinner. During our adventure we made a lot of friends with the local people and are already planning further adventures. I'm really happy that I wasn't held back by the bad weather and I could have survived that day with the Hiking Club.

I strongly encourage everyone not to spend lazy time on the couch, but to take an interest in local activities of adventurous people and children's curiosity.

Ideas to spend time creatively: hiking club, stud farm, furniture refurbishment, city games, shrubbery forming, hairdressing, dance learning, making comics, storytelling, podcasting, murals, orienteering, creation of family trees, escape room games, survival, parkour, the art of illusion, animal training, pantomime, archery, paintball, hula-hoop, fencing, juggling, beekeeping, water and cross-country skis, public speaking, cycling. Have fun rediscovering the world!