Destination: South Africa
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Thu, 19 Sep 2013 | By joytranae | Views [699]
My last week was so perfect. I left with no regrets. The assistant teacher took me on a walk through the township. We left school and went to hang clothes on the line at one of the other teacher's house and then we walked to a McDonald's that's right ... Read more >
Tags: cape town, capricorn, childcare, dreams to reality, dtr, muizenberg, south africa, surf, teach, volunteer
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 | By joytranae | Views [574] | Comments [1]
We weren't able to take the kids to the aquarium so I'm going to pay Lorenzo's school fees for one year. I was told it's R280 a month which is $28 which comes out to $555 for the entire year.
I have a great relationship with the teachers in my room ... Read more >
Tags: cape town, capricorn, muizenberg, south africa, sunrise
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [592] | Comments [2]
Today was Kristen's (the volunteer I work with) last day. Just watching her hugging everyone one last time and crying made me realize this trip has had a major effect on me and it's going to be so hard to leave. I've fallen in love with my kids and ... Read more >
Thu, 22 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [486] | Comments [3]
I wasn't able to get to a place with wifi yesterday so these will be posts from Wednesday and today, Thursday.
Yesterday:
So today I helped with the "soup kitchen" we do here every Wednesday to feed the people ... Read more >
Fri, 16 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [524] | Comments [2]
Today was the best day I've had in the classroom! The teachers were extra giddy and loved the kids so much! It may have been because we only had half of the class too. It's been raining the entire week but this morning was really bad so a lot of the ... Read more >
Tags: capetown, safari, south africa
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [713] | Comments [1]
I'm experiencing so much that journaling once a week isn't possible, so I'll be posting 3 times a week.
This past weekend was great. Here they celebrate Women's Day (which I love) so all of the schools were closed on Friday.... Read more >
Tags: africa, children, mandela, robben island, school, south africa, sunrise, tour
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [509]
Lake Panic was a beehive of activity when we arrived this morning. Southern masked weavers and grey herons were busy nest building while the goliath heron stood sentry duty. A pied kingfisher repeatedly bashed his catch senseless on the branch ... Read more >
Sat, 10 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [662]
The Gannet Place Guest House doesn’t live up to the standards of other places we have stayed recently. It is in Hazyview, some 40 km from the Kruger Gate and we don’t have it all to ourselves! On the plus side, it had vacancies ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [622]
We spent our first three days at Kruger in the southern part of the park; Berg-en-Dahl, Skakuza and Crocodile Bridge. The commute from Belvedere-on-River to the Malelane Gate entrance was a snap – only ten kilometers. It’s 70 ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 | By joytranae | Views [767] | Comments [2]
This trip has been amazing so far. I'm volunteering with an organization called Dreams to Reality. The organization benefits children and families who live in the local townships. The township is a very poor area that consists of shanties. Shanties ... Read more >
Tags: africa, capetown, cold, muizenberg, rain, south africa, teach, volunteer, wet, winter
Tue, 6 Aug 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [450]
For those of you who regularly read these missives you’ll know that things didn’t go smoothly once we reached South Africa, with the company and guesthouse proving to be unable to organise their way out of a paper bag! We’d ended ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [635]
We have visited Kruger National Park before, of course, nine days of camping back in 2004. It’s such a special place that we wanted to see it again. After all, it is the size of Wales (or of New Jersey if that’s more meaningful) ... Read more >
Sun, 4 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 4 Aug 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [523]
The iSimangaliso Wetlands isn't on the Garden Rute and it's one hell of a long drive from Kurger Natinal Park. We decided to include the photos of this World Heritage Site with Kruger because of the special environment and the birds and animals.... Read more >
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