Shark cage diving was an awesome experience. Everyone enjoyed seeing the sharks up close, but almost everyone was a bit sea sick right afterwards. Luckily a hot lunch was provided for us once we reached shore, which most people were able to eat! After the dive we heard a lecture on shark conservation efforts, [...]
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The last two mornings were again spent volunteering at the same primary school in Khayelitsha. After that we had lunch right on the waters of Kalk Bay at the Brass Bell, and headed straight to boulders beach where we had a great time with the Penguins! We then traveled to the Malay area of [...]
Volunteering in Khayelitsha for the past two days has been a great experience. Driving through the township, we saw hundreds of houses made of tin and cardboard mixed in among other government built houses. We arrived at the Ntwasahlobo school where we helped to carry out their gym assessments. We also got to teach them [...]
We spent the weekend at the Head South Lodge in sea point. Friday night included a special Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Marais road shul, where we heard the fantastic shul choir. We then had a traditional Shabbat meal with 3 Israeli boys and 1 Parisian boy who have come to Cape Town to study [...]
We spent the rest of our week volunteering at the Mahlathi primary school. There we helped paint he school and water the garden and all of the BBYO participants became attached to the children there. As a token of our appreciation for them accepting us into their community, we all pitched in to buy chips, [...]
We spent Monday volunteering at the Makwetse school, where we helped to build a new gate out of wire and wooden poles, paint the gate rainbow colors, water the garden, and paint the brims around what will become the compost. During school break, we had the chance to play with the school children who taught [...]
On Friday afternoon we drove to the Shiduli lodge where we stayed for Shabbat. We had an afternoon game drive in open land rovers, where we saw zebras, rhinos and hippos, and finished off with warm towels provided by the lodge. We had a delicious meal and welcomed in shabbat with singing traditional Friday night [...]
Early Wednesday morning our trip was already off to a great start, with an easy check in and not too long of a wait until boarding. After learning each other’s names, we were ready to leave gate B27 and head on our plane to SA. The flight was long, but most people managed to sleep [...]