This was our earliest morning so far (6am!) and our first day of rain and the cold :( After breakfast we took a bus to see the san people at !kw-atuu who communicate by using a clicking sound. The day turned into a lovely hike up and down the mountain as the tractor broke down half way up! Thank goodness for the blankets provided to protect us from the cold winds! We spotted a herd of springbok, zebra, ostrich and a porcupine. Our guide tought us all the different types of clicking sounds they used - one sounds like you're blowing a kiss ;) Some of us braved the BUSH TOILET with the open view of the hills and Mr. Griffs fiance refused to hold hands with him until he had sanitised his hands with her antibacterial gel!
We then sat around a fire while Donika (from the san community) told us how to make jewellery and it was really funny watching Bethan attempt the bow and arrow :) Along the way we also learnt different footprints so we could track different animals. After we got back we watched a video about the san community and their struggle to survive and had a quick browse in the gallery. When we got back we met up with the little stars (aged 5-10 year olds) who played traditonal african games with us such as throwing a baton at a target and dunking our faces in water then flour (we were not sure whether these were traditional or to make us look stupid!) Mr. Hops looked whiter than normal even though he spends most of his time in shorts. The final game was a race to the showers before a lovely tea of lasagne!
We are now in the youth centre watching the girls play netball against the boys (Im sure you can guess whos winning!) We will keep you updated.
Aimee Beer and Hannah Bird.
10-4 Rubber Duck -over and out!
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I refused to hold his hand because he had been rolling Zebra and Springbok poo in his hands. Then he threw it at me and I caught it (YUK). I will get him back for this one day! Mwah ha ha ha.
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