Archive for Mid Kent 2011

Boating

Goodnight everybody, wheels roll at 6am!

Groans all round as everyone realised that that meant an early morning.

But that was last night, and here they all areĀ at 6am ready and waiting… well most of them.

Not many smiley faces at 6 in the morning.

Durban is unique in the world for its shark nets and we are out on the boats to learn about them, their maintenance and their history.

Everyday one of these giant nets is hauled up, checked and replaced to prevent growth of sealife that would attract sharks e.t.c.

Mind the gap!

Question time for our skipper

The students were even lucky enough to get to see a pod of Dolphins approximately seven dolphins playing in the waves. One of the boats was nearly close enough to touch them!

The dolphins playing catch-me-if-you-can

Right, off to Spur for breakfast!!

Breakfast that way!

Landing in South Africa

At 14:40 today we were joined our latest college group from the UK.
After speeding through the airport our tired but happy students were more than glad to collapse into our minibuses and proceed to their first bed for the trip.

Phoning home to mum and having a shower seemed to be the top 2 things on most of the students minds – not necessarily in that order.

But dinner, who could forget that first meal after airplane food! Everyone was enthused at this idea!

So rather than give them any old food we took them to one of the best Italian restaurants in Durban.