Lorina's Pictures

May 10, 2006

The Last School Day

Our last assembly, Grade 12 as VIPs:-)

They don't want to let me go:-)

Our very special last lunch

Cake with class theme "The Future belongs to those who believe in the Beauty of their dreams"

Last week was my last week in school, senior week, we got to dress up with different themes everyday:

60th and 70th day:-)

Wacky Wednesday

I got a prize for best dressed:-)

April first I moved to my third host family, Gwen and Charlique Rolle:

My third house

Me and my new sister (on my last day in uniform:-))

Me and my new Mom

Florida Vacation

I spent a week during my Easter break in Florida:

No that's not my boat i wish it was ...lol...

My "stand-by" family Ralph and Lorna Scanga

Their neighbor took me out in the Everglades on his airboat

It was absolutely amazing!!

Lorna and me

On my last day we went to Shark Valley, a National Park in the Everglades

I got a pretty close look at turtles.....

...and Alligators!!!!:-)

..that was like a dream come true....:-)

At the district assembly I got to carry the bahamian flag:-) That was so cool!!

The GSE team was on the Island for a week and I went to Peterson Cay with them

The Rotary Ball

April 3, 2006

March 3, 2006

Biology live...we are about to open a sheep's heart

Me and Aryana

(Outbound 06-07!!!!!)

Yummie.

Ya..my finger fits through the aorta....

A little longer ago I took part in a cover girl photo competition...these are
the results...

Phone Booth

Underwater

Snow

Changed my host family on new years

My New Home

The pool (I haven't used it yet)

My room, that I'm sharing with my hostsister

Me and Donnae

Me, Dawn and her friend Morgan
that is my new home

Ingrid Nicholson, a Rotarian Lady from Germany, took me golfing for the
first time in my life;-)

My family: Dawn, Donnae, Donald and Yvonne Ward (and me)

February 12, 2006

Rotarians,  Richard and Monica Bates 

Bowling & Playing Pool with the Lorina

JUNKANOO

My Rotary club took part in the Junkanoo parade and i with them. I really
enjoyed it and had a lot of fun.

Pictures of the parade

Me pasting shoes

That's how it is supposed to look

Me after 1 hour of drumming, tired but absolutely hyper!!

...and yes, my hands did hurt;-)

Boxing Day on the beach - December 26, 2006

CHRISTMAS - December 25, 2005

The whole family came over for Christmas and

I got a Barbie for Christmas! ;-) It was a joke from my host mum and really funny!

  stayed at our house.

TUBING - December 22, 2005

That's how it looks in the middle of December ;-)

PIRATES - December 21, 2005

I went to see one of the ships from Pirates of the Caribbean 2+3. Parts of the movie are shot here. 

It was so cool, i felt so special;-) the ship looks like it was under water for many years and it's really impressive!

Hurricane Wilma 

October 24th 2005 (Danielle's birthday):

Preparing for the Storm

Our front door, the only little window we left open

The canal during the storm

After the storm...

..flooding...

..and lots of damage

The smallest victims...

I felt sorry even for them and buried them:-)

Halloween isn't too big in the Bahamas but I went on a Halloween-Party...No
wonder that everyone looked at me on the street..

I was dressed up as crazy as I could

Some other costumes

That's art:-)

rock on!:-)

and it really stayed like this the whole night!!!

October 3, 2005

My room!

The beach

I found my first Conch!

Conch

"Rough" sea

Grand Bahamas highest hill...
ausblick1 ...and the beautiful view :-)

I went on a trip to Nassau with my hostfamily and we visited ATLANTIS,a huge
hotel

The Hotel

A restaurant inside the hotel with fish tanks all around it so that you
can see sharks while you are eating

Me and the fish

Shark!! really amazing

NEMO!

My new friend:-)

September 5, 2005

The life as exchange student before school started....:

Danielle (my hostsister), Kyle (her boy-friend) and me
on the boat

Tubing

Sun

Me and Adrian

(my hostbrother)

Me and Danielle again

...and when school finally started

The school crest

I'm not happy!

Summer term uniform

Winter term uniform

without words :-)

Danielle and me visited the Grand Bahama Brewing Company, the smallest
brewery I've ever seen...

Crazy things: Burger King vs..Kentucky Fried Chicken

"Bus Stop"

August 17, 2005

First pictures from Freeport

My new home

The Canal/Backyard

View from the house

Casa Bahama/the highest building of Freeport:-)

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Lorina and Danielle

First time at Port Lucaya

Lorina and Danielle drinkng daiquries

Danielle and Lorina with the past President of GB Sunrise rotary
club.

The Freeport News

August 10, 2005

Lorina arrived in the Bahamas and was greeted by Danielle Chestnut (Outbound to Italy), 

 Daniel Waugh rebound from Thailand,  Donald Ward, Assistant Governor and Ivan Chestnut

Danielle waits with the welcome sign

Lorina finally arrives!

Lorina is greeted by Donald Ward

Danielle, Lorina and Donald Ward

She is surprised with balloons

Daniel Waugh, last year's rebound to Thailand also greeted her

Danielle & Ivan Chestnut with Lorina and Donald Ward

August 6, 2005

Lorina’s two host families Ralph & Lorna Scanga in the US and Ivan & Linda Chestnut in The Bahamas also Danielle their daughter outbound to Italy.

August 3, 2005

Lorina has found the beach

Lorina, Sonja, Conny & Robi