Hey gang! Made it back from 2 days in the elephant park. VERY exciting being among wild animals in their natural habitat. We saw elephants, hyenas, monkeys, jackals, water buffalo, zebra, kudu (a large antelope that is eaten like we eat deer), red hartebeasts (another antelope like animal) and ostrich to name a few. I have great pictures and videos of all of this; but I've decided to post them when I get home. Unless we have better internet in Capetown, it takes too long to upload photos.
Before we went to the elephant park, we visited a program that assists mothers with HIV and provides schooling for orphans of HIV. It was very sad.
Today we visited our first high school and they were taking their final exams. We had another performance by a group of student "peer educators". The students were very nice and pleased to meet us. Afterward, we visited the Red Location Museum; which chronicles the apartheid era in South Africa. It moved me to tears. There were so many parallels to the American Civil Rights Movement that I felt somewhat of a personal connection to.
Tomorrow we visit another high school and spend some time on Nelson Mandela University's campus. Wednesday we head to Capetown.
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I have been reading your blogs but couldn't post from my phone! It seems like you are having a great experience...I thought 2 weeks was a long time but you are learning new things daily! I am glad you are enjoying yourself...make sure you get good video footage. I would like to hear some of the language and have the kids teach you so you can speak a little on the video..lol...talk to you later!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL ... I have learned a few words.
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