Tuesday March 20, 2007

On Tuesday we went out with elderly people from Octavia Waight Centre. It was quite interesting! It took about 45 mins to load all of them into the bus. Some of the people were blind and many couldn’t walk. It took a lot of lifting, guiding, prodding and awkward positions to get them all on the bus. We first went to an iguana conservatory where we had lunch in a grass covered shelter. There was a man there who played some tunes on the keyboard and sang for us. There were a few elderly people who stepped up and danced. It was quite amusing to watch.

I went for a walk with some people to see the iguanas. There were lots there! And there were some pretty big ones that were more brightly coloured. I’m told that those ones are poisonous.

After lunch and some relaxation and some dancing we loaded back on the bus and drove to Spanish Lookout to the Western Dairies factory for some ice cream.

When we got to the ice cream factory we field of the bus with all of the people who could walk and had a tour of the factory. It was… interesting. We first had to cloth all of the people in robes, hairnets and plastic bags on their feet. Then we walked through a noisy place with several old people who couldn’t touch anything. The lady that I was helping asked that they never took her there again! The tour was kind of useless because we couldn’t even hear what the tour guide was saying.

After the tour everyone got some ice cream.

Over all the day was good. The elderly had not been out on a trip in eight months, so they enjoyed just getting out.