16 March 2006
16 March 2006
Well, another day another dollar (literally!) All is well here. The first term ends at the end of the month, and you know what that means…traveling! We are in the mist of planning a trip to Swaziland before we head to the race on April 8. Last week we got home from our in-service training and spent the weekend relaxing. Then we headed off to the only local resort, Red Sands (the only resort in the area) for another workshop (this is the standard form of getting anything done here…) on peer education with two of the educators from the local high school. The workshop was three days so that means we had three nights at the resort…and running water. It is still amazing to me. The workshop was good and I hope that it gets some implementation because the kids in the village need people to talk to with all of the problems here. The program hoped to help with such topics as: HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, violence, drugs and alcohol…just to name a few of the major ones. Let’s hope for the best!
The resort was nice and it had animals roaming around. When we would head out for our dawn run or head back to our room after dark, impala and hartebeest would be out roaming. Monkeys would also be seen at dusk and dawn too! Great place and only 40 km away. We will be back tomorrow for our first emergency evacuation practice. We are practicing for if we ever have to leave South Africa in a hurry for any number of reasons: political unrest, crazy bird flu cases etc. So we will be celebrating St. Patty’s Day with our friends in the area. And this weekend is a long weekend (YEAH, traveling) because Tuesday is Human Rights Day. We are heading out to a place called Augrebies Falls to see (I guess) one of the world’s loudest waterfalls….who knew that is how they categorize them!? But everyone who has been to the place has loved it…so hope it awesome because there isn’t much living in the middle of the desert!
Well, another day another dollar (literally!) All is well here. The first term ends at the end of the month, and you know what that means…traveling! We are in the mist of planning a trip to Swaziland before we head to the race on April 8. Last week we got home from our in-service training and spent the weekend relaxing. Then we headed off to the only local resort, Red Sands (the only resort in the area) for another workshop (this is the standard form of getting anything done here…) on peer education with two of the educators from the local high school. The workshop was three days so that means we had three nights at the resort…and running water. It is still amazing to me. The workshop was good and I hope that it gets some implementation because the kids in the village need people to talk to with all of the problems here. The program hoped to help with such topics as: HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, violence, drugs and alcohol…just to name a few of the major ones. Let’s hope for the best!
The resort was nice and it had animals roaming around. When we would head out for our dawn run or head back to our room after dark, impala and hartebeest would be out roaming. Monkeys would also be seen at dusk and dawn too! Great place and only 40 km away. We will be back tomorrow for our first emergency evacuation practice. We are practicing for if we ever have to leave South Africa in a hurry for any number of reasons: political unrest, crazy bird flu cases etc. So we will be celebrating St. Patty’s Day with our friends in the area. And this weekend is a long weekend (YEAH, traveling) because Tuesday is Human Rights Day. We are heading out to a place called Augrebies Falls to see (I guess) one of the world’s loudest waterfalls….who knew that is how they categorize them!? But everyone who has been to the place has loved it…so hope it awesome because there isn’t much living in the middle of the desert!
Monkey See Monkey Do
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