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Travel Blogs from Somerset West
Kannemeyer Primary School's newest PE teacher!
... the staff seems very happy to have me there even if I am just doing random things around the school. Little kids will just walk up and give me a hug. I am really excited to get comfortable at my site and see where I can help out and what I can do.
Everyone is having interesting experiences with their service learnings as well. Including one girl already had a boy in her class and his grandmother write him a letter asking if she would adopt him. ...
Leaving Zambia
... been notified that it would be 14:00 so Peter called for me and found they weren't sure which of those two times they would use. How can't they know? TIA.
When I arrived, the airport systems were down and, even better, I'm not on the passenger list. That would explain why I couldn't check in to the flight yesterday when we were at Zigzags. While I was waiting for them to sort out my ticket, the power went out ...
Freedom...
... neighbors are paragliders. I had been anxious to meet them ever since hearing of their enticing sport... Mandy and Jean. What was supposed to be a quick hello and inquiry turned out to be a few hours of conversation over excellent wine and an offer to take me for a ride...a flight...a tandem ride in the sky, whatever one would call it. I was all smiles.
I was able to attend another braai. One of Maritza's brothers lives in Cape Town in a ...
Whale watching
Hermanus was the goal for today. It is the place to go for whale watching. The drive there seemed endless! We took the highway route, but our maps are not very detailed, so we weren't sure exactly where to turn. We got there eventually, after about two hours. The roads were excellent. I'm getting used to the way people drive. If you are on a two lane highway and people want to pass, you move onto the shoulder to let them go by. The drivers coming towards you watch for this and ...
A Decent Proposal
... a meaty burger, though those who had ordered the chicken salad were disappointed to be served with a dry chicken leg and potato salad on the side. The drive home wasn’t much fun, as driving in the dark in South Africa is best avoided. The windy road was unlit and, having made it thus far without a map, we took a slight detour through the city adding on half an hour or so to our already long day.
We had a deserved slow Sunday morning the next day where most of us ...