To talk a little bit more about South Africa...
It was wonderful. We docked in Cape Town and unfortunately I didn't get much chance to venture into the downtown area. I did like the waterfront area where we docked, it was the best port area that we have encountered. The picture above shows the clouds coming in to Table Mountain, the backdrop of Cape Town. A lot of people hiked it. Some other things that people did: shark diving, skydiving, bungee jumping, winelands touring, walking with baboons, venturing to Cape Point and hanging out with penguins, and so much more. There is definitely a lot to do for when I come back.
Since Africa is such a poor country, we had a lot of opportunities to see what is being done to help. As you know, I did Habitat for Humanity. Some other people visited Operation Hunger and the Amy Biehl Foundation. Amy Biehl was a white woman who went to South Africa 15 years ago. She was an anti-apartheid activist and did a lot of humanitarian work in the townships. One day she was driving through a township with a black friend and people chased after her and stoned her to death. Hundreds of people participated, but a handful were charged and convicted. It is quite a sad story, but her legacy is living through this foundation that is still helping the townships. After apartheid ended, reconciliation was emphasized and her killers were pardoned. Her family supported their release and one of the killers is working for the foundation today. He gave a tour to some of the students. Amazingly, South Africa is much more dangerous than Brazil, but I felt much more comfortable going there. There is also a larger income inequality than that in Brazil. It is quite noticeable with the miles and miles of townships which never improved from being squatter settlements.
On another note, we watched the Super Bowl tonight. It was quite hilarious watching the game after we already knew the result. But, life on the ship always seems a little behind the rest of the world.
11 comments:
Hi Becca
I am a student in Mr Schulteis class. I am wondering would you be scared to shark diving,bunge jumping,and sky diving. All I know that I would be terrofied if I had to do that!!
hi my name is caleb in mr. shultise class of 2007-2008 i was Wondering why all those people have balod heads in that picher
hi my name is caleb in mr. shultise class of 2007-2008 i was Wondering why all those people have balod heads in that picherin febary
Hi Becca kyle here i really wanted to know why in the world would those people want to stone the white gril to death because black peolple have rights now or was this story for eareler years like when slavery was alowed?
Hi Becca
i am a student in Mr. Shulteis Class that is an amazing picture of the sky and the clouds. I never knew it looked like that!
Hi Becca,
I have always wanted to go to africa. My aunt went there and saw a lot of animals.
- Ireland from Mr Schulteis
those clouds are amazing
hey Becca, this is Drew from mr. schulteis' Social Studies class, can you believe that the Patriots lost??? and also was it cool to see South Africa and did you see a giraffe out in the wild?
Bye.
Hey Becca
I am a student in Mr. Schulteis class. My name is Sanya. Did you have fun in South Africa?
Have a fun trip :]
Hi Becca.
This is Brianna from Mr. Schulteis's class.
Did you see any giraffes in South Africa?
If you did could you post a picture?
Sorry if you already did, my computer doesn't show all of them.
Thanks (:
:)
:))
:))) :P
Hi Becca.
This is Brianna from Mr. Schulteis's class.
Did you see any giraffes in South Africa?
If you did could you post a picture?
Sorry if you already did, my computer doesn't show all of them.
Thanks (:
:)
:))
:))) :P
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