Nun-chucks and Sweat

We gasped.
I laughed. Mostly because I thought it was hilarious. But also because I had no idea why my host uncle, Abdenbi, had just pulled nun-chucks out his jacket.

I asked him why he had those with him on our morning of walking through the forests.

"You never know who (or what) you'll find in the forest," he replied. And yes, he was serious. He swung them around to make a point. I'm not sure if Brynn, Nina and I were assured that we were safer with him now that he had the nun-chucks, but regardless we laughed along.

We began speedwalking through the forest and I was soon hushed by Abdenbi. Exercise and talking does not mix, I was told. Later, when I was struggling to keep up to his crazy fast pace, I was told that it was because I didn't stop talking. He asked if it'd hurt me to shut my mouth while exercised.

And so, Abdenbi led the three of us on an hour and a half walk through three different forests and meadows. I wish the word "walk" could adequately convey the amount of physical activity that was going on. I was definitely sweating and, let me tell you, I'm pretty sore this monring.

We ended up at the beach, where Abdenbi proceeded to lead us in arm exercises and stretching. He'd tell us to turn over and count for us as we did pushups, sit ups and stretches. He laughed at us as we moaned and begged for it to stop. Couldn't we just lay on the sand and enjoy the beach?

Eventually we headed back to the big house, stopping occasionally for more exercises. We did 3 sets of dips on the side of the highway, while we waited for traffic to clear. We stop on a sidewalk and did calf-raisers. We found a wall and did leg swings.

And finally, three hours after we left the big house, we turned the corner on to our street. But he didn't just let us walk but. He lined us up and had us race back to the big house. Before entering, he made us do squats and wall-sits.

Phew. Talk about having a personal trainer!!

And so, we arrived, safe and sound. A three hour excercise excursion.

Thank goodness he didn't need to use the nun-chucks.