26th June - ~5.27am@Heathrow Terminal 3
Two weeks fieldtrip in Spain was wonderful though i have to agree it can be exhausting at times - almost everyday!
Let's see what we did along the course. Mainly mapping I guess since that's the main objective, familiarizing the students with mapping so that they can expect what things they will face during their independent mapping next term. Scary it may sound for me, yet its part of becoming a geologist I guess so i must be confident during the independent mapping next year =|
Had some blisters and terrible sunburns. Now my skin around the shoulder started to peel off. The most severe one was during the reccy exercise on friday which i thought to be an insect bite. Now I know how painful sunburn is X) my bad though for wearing sleeveless during a sunny day in the field. On top of that, I lost my compass-clino around the boggy area. Its lost forever since my tutor and the second group didnt manage to see my compass-clino lying somewhere around the bog. Talking about bad luck.
At times, my height phobia would distract me from climbing the hills especially when i dont feel secured and safe with the level of steepness. But I did climb up La Verdiana though only because i was forced to as we had to draw a sketch a massive view stretching from Santa Maria towards another place which im not sure with the name X) I had to admit that it was so challenging during the first few days hiking up and down. Eventually, my muscles started to adapt to the daily vigorous activity. Still, hiking up early in the morning wasnt fun at all. I even 'terjatuh' and fell down on spikes hence my palm got "shots" due to the spikes. One of them managed to pierce through the skin, a bad experience I guess. X) thanks to Gauze(perhaps the wrong spelling?)
Anyways, the fieldtrip taught me to be tough and never give up sometimes. Yeah its really wonderful when you managed to hike up the hills and see the sceneries. The best thing in fieldtrip is that you'd have the opportunity to get close up with nature. Its not an indirect or virtual interaction. Its just you and nature head on, one-to-one interaction which is interesting as you get more exposed to the geology and hence, understand more.
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