Bushman Sands Hotel Alicedale

... they become the wine that we sampled.  It was really great to try out all of the different kinds and, as it was the last night that we would have together as a group, everyone had a bottle over dinner.  It was a really great last night.  We had a fantastic meal prepared by the owners of the vineyard, laugh and chatted over wine.  There was dancing and music and it was a good time.  <br><br><br>It seems strange that when you spend 24 hours a day with people ...

... guide said that if he didn't leave the area Vincent would kill it - he has killed at least 3 others in the past 2 years! Well, Vincent scared this young bull right out of the water and up into the reeds, and then Vincent turned around so that his back was to the young bull, and literally sent a torpedo **** all over him!!! It was hilarious!! Vincent returned to the lake and then headed over to a mother and her young bull - he was on a roll ...

... of the little people that I got attached to so quickly and just feeling like a part of something that's trying to make a difference in the lives of others. But on the flip side, I am looking forward to going home next week. This is the longest I've been away from my own boys and those are the little faces that I miss more than anything. So, enough sappy stuff. Yesterday I was back at S'Nenhlanhla in the morning. I do love this nursery. I ...

... and there was none available to use - no, not for us, but for all of the snotty faces!! We didn't bring wipes either - ugh, ugh, ugh!!! Basically, I did try to find the cleanest faced children to play with! Lol!! At one point I was sitting on the ground, the little girls had been playing with our hair, and a new little person ran over and was playing with my hair. I turned around to see who it was - it was a little boy, with snot ...

... yesterday was Sunday and a quieter day. Went for a walk to the beach in the morning which I eblieve I put in my last blog. Went for breakfast with about 8 of the girls in town after that. Typed yesterday's blog, went home and watched Blood Diamond, and then went for a very long walk with the two dogs from the house and 4 other volunteers. We walked to the beach again, and then over to the Estuary where the hippos and crocs are ...

... come up with an anagram, a nonogram, make a crossword puzzle, and create a story (from which words are then omitted and the kids then have to choose which words should go in the missing spaces). The kids are divided into 4 groups and this is all done as a competition for points. I've not actually been to do this yet at the high school. On Friday and Wednesday evenings the volunteers in the Photography group (4 of them) present a slide show with ...

... it at night alone. A common sense precaution, really. OK, so what have I been up to then. On Tuesday night, I went on a night game drive. There were about 10 of us, not all from our group. We saw zebras and hippos, chameleons, tree ants, tent caterpillars, and lots of little animals that I can't remember the name of but which were like antelopes, kind of. I was hoping for elephants and lions, and felt like a right idiot when they told me that ...

... make dust and notice the elephant fully turned around and starting to charge. Needless to say, we kept going but it was one hell of a scare and I think we were both trembling for the rest of the way through the reserve. Makes for a good story but falls into the category of 'dumb tourists', me thinks. We arrived safely (better than our scratched up 'hired' car aka the rental - good thing Dan opted for the Super Coverage) at Buffalo Ridge - a very cool ...

... to me the whole time I was there.....hmmm, do Aidan and Josh need a little sister, I wonder?! It is amazing listening to these little children talk in Zulu while they are also learning English - singing ABC's, and reciting months of the year / days of the week in English. They speak Zulu in preschool but once they go to primary school all lessons are taught in English. There are 3 different nurseries that the African Impact ...

Hi all - ok, last I wrote I believe I was killing time in Paris. Flight to Johannesburg was uneventful other than the fact that I had a hard time sleeping and ended up with a headache. But smooth flying - or so the lil blue pills would have me believe!! Johannesburg airport was easy to maneuver - especially as I had a porter, Eric, who took me all the way to check in at South African airlines (be ...