We all got up before dawn and went out on game ride number 2 of 3 – Yes the students can be up, ready and on the jeep by 5:30 am! Barely into the park, still in the dark, we saw from about 15 feet away two male lions! We used a spot light to see them and our pictures are not great because of the light, but we got to hear them roar across the valley. Soon after the lions we saw a large male black rhino! It was amazing and a bit scary. We drove for a few more hours and saw more giraffe, elephants, zebras and many kinds of bovine and antelopes.
We have the rest of the afternoon and evening off and the kids are running around the resort swimming in pools, playing with the huge lawn chess set and dashing in and our of each other’s rooms. It is fun to watch them use much of what they have learned at school in Africa – when a bird was on one of the wildebeest I heard from the back of the jeep, “dude, symbiosis! symbiosis!” Four sixth graders headed for the restaurant in the lodge for lunch and checked in to make sure how to convert the rate of the dollar for the rand and how to calculate the tip. Its fun to listen to the older kids explain to the younger why the water in the small pool is warmer and how there is carbon in all life. Its just like school - not.
Everyone is great – we are having quite an adventure - another game ride tomorrow morning then off to the airport to fly to Cape Town.
Everyone looks so happy!
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We are very excited for this amazing learning experience. Thank you for the stories, education and fun. Pleased to hear the kids can learn about math, science and bovine all in one day! Can you see the Southern Cross in the sky at night (I have no idea if it's even there in March)? Love to all.
ReplyDeleteAlison and Margaret - looks like the trip is Great Fun - Dad
ReplyDeleteWe are so glad that everyone seems to be having such a wonderful time (except yesterday's impala!). The foto's are incredible. Have fun. Carol and Steven
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