Lion's Head Lodge
Travel Blogs from Sea Point
Cape Town South Africa
... also saw water buffalo, zebras, antelope and cheetahs. We were then taken into the Lions cage… These lions are wild; they will attack if you get too close. We slowly made our way towards the male lion. But, as soon as he stood up, our tour guide turned the jeep around and headed straight for the gate. We watched from outside the gate instead. Once our game drive was over we headed to dinner, a buffet with every type ...
This day six months ago...!!!!
... I was very grateful for the time and effort put in from our foreign volunteers who gave up their own vacation time to work with the kids. Thanks guys!
It is crazy thinking that six months of my Sabbatical have already come and gone… I guess it’s true when they say (whoever they are!), “time flies when you’re having fun”. So far my journey has been, well, like the title of this blog says, a ...
History Lesson in Shame
"In 1975 the darkness descended on my family. One evening on my way home from work, I saw the bulldozers. I knew I was witnessing a terrible evil. I felt hopeless and helpless. What could I do? A week later, my house was gone. I stood on the vacant lot with desolation in my heart."
- Noor Ebrahim, District 6 Resident
It's difficult to know where to begin when you've spent the last week learning about Apartheid, the ...
Many hands make light work...
... and thanks to the many hands we are ready to make our first delivery to a local children's home in Kayelitsha.
Just to give you guys a quick insight into what organizing the containers meant... Imagine a truck literally fully of hundreds of shoes that needed to be sized and paired, imagine piles of kits that had to be sorted between soccer, basketball, footballs and rugby balls as well as discarding old and used clothing that just ...
Africa at Last
... a township area. Huts out of metal and small children running around in the dirt. Not exactly like home.
I got off the airplane and passed customs without a problem - they even let me keep my almonds.
Mary Pat had arranged with a driver to pick her up from Grassy Park with all her stuff and then to pick me up at the airport. We headed to the hotel. It is so cute. The staff is ...