News from the Secondary School Year 12 Geography Trip to Cyprus To help us with our Unit 2 Exam, the AS Geography class decided to go on a trip to Cyprus. We went to discover if the area we were visiting was in need of rebranding. In addition to this we conducted a river study to enhance our knowledge of extreme weather events. We all came to the conclusion that the most notoriously boring aspect of the whole trip was the traveling. In total, we went on 4 buses, which took up to about 8 hours of traveling time. On top of that, we had two plane Hlights lasting about 6 and a half hours cumulatively. Despite that, we managed to make the Hlights as lively as possible. On the way there, Mr. Rees thought it would be a good idea to fall asleep! Obviously, we made the most of it and took some silly photos of him!
The village where we stayed at was on the periphery of Cyprus and we were therefore rather isolated from civilisation. For example, all the infrastructure and houses were really old, and to add to that, the average age in the village was 80 years. It was so old that by us being there, we more than halved the average age of Kritou Tera! The last real developments in the place were done when the British occupied Cyprus. For example, we weren’t allowed to Hlush tissues in the toilet because it would clog up the sewerage system! Nonetheless, we made the most of what little we had.
During our free time, we mostly went to the local shop where they had a snooker table, table football and various other card games. The competition between the teachers and students were rough. Ultimately, it w a s f a i r t o s a y t h a t R a e comprehensively beat Mr. Rees and to compound his misery, I ended his unbeaten streak at pool. There was also another school from Bahrain there, so we made a lot of new friends at the same time.
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