Tuesday 29 July 2014

First Thursdays in Cape Town and climbing Table Mountain!


This week has been very busy - and the first real weekend I have spent in South Africa!

On Thursday night we all heading into Cape Town on the new city bus in order to check out "first Thursdays"- a night that happens on the first Thursday of every month, where museums, stores and art galleries stay open until 9pm. The city streets were packed and we were able to check out a few art galleries before going to dinner. But we stayed out at dinner a little too long enjoying the yummy food and ended up missing most of the activities of the night- yet the atmosphere was fantastic and so lively anyway.

Luckily, the weekend weather was not as bad as it was meant to be. The weather was cold and cloudy but overall alright. As a group we went into Cape Town on Friday and Saturday night to see the city and eat some great food on Long Street.

During the week after all of our volunteer projects - we went up to Table Mountain. I couldn't believe how high up it is and how beautiful the view is! I could see the whole of Cape Town - well what looked like most of Cape Town.

At my Lalela Project on Friday, I was able to help create a PowerPoint presentation that would be later shown to the children to help inspire them. I was also able to create a puppet theatre and other props that the kids could use in the workshops run by the Lalela Project.

Today, I was able to actually go along and help out at the Lalela project with the puppet show, run in Mandela Park. The class was so big (50 kids) and loud but they were all having so much fun. In the afternoon, I headed up to Mandela Park again to see one of the workshops run for young boys called Everyday Heroes. It was really great to see how much these boys enjoy being together and talking about their education and the decisions they make.

I'm really looking forward to spending more time at the workshop next week and hopefully getting to go into Cape Town this weekend to see the tourist destinations!

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