Today, we sadly parted with Cape Town, which was upsetting since we had all made such a connection with not only District Six but our enthusiastic and knowledgable bus drivers, Songlize and Nelson. But we happily started our next step of the journey in Port Elizabeth, where it is already exceeding our expectations.

Our journey started with a spontaneous decision to drop off stationery at one of Langas’ many primary schools due to a devastating arson attack done to one of the classrooms. We then went straight to the airport, with a relatively fast check in with our MANY bags. For many of us it came as a surprise leaving Cape Town so soon, as already time had flown by so fast. After we boarded the plane we all saw our last sights of the eye opening city.

We arrived in Port Elizabeth for a speedy start meeting our bus driver John, then off to our first safari. For many of us this was a first seeing a lot of the beautiful well known wild life of South Africa. The experience which we had felt very surreal as this was only what many of us see in movies. As much as it was amazing experience all of us were definitely feeling the cold being as we were in an open jeep.

After a long but exciting day we arrived at the Pine Lodge were we settled into our rooms, then headed off to Pick-n-pay (Grocery shop) where each house had to come up with a meal to make for everyone in that group to cook and eat. All of our meals were a success and we all enjoyed making them as it was a great way for everyone to get to know each other a little more and bond.

We are all very tired from our long adventure filled day and are sure that we are all going to have a very nice sleep!

By Asha and Emma B