Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Aquila: Saving Private Rhino


For one of our last adventures with interstudy they took us to a game reserve four hours outside of Cape Town over the long weekend. It was a beautiful place and would have been even greater if we could have actually stayed the entire amount of time.

Apperently some people didn’t think so and wanted to leave early, which caused some logistical situations. But what we were able to do was really fun.

Before we got to Aquila we volunteered at a school in the area. Some people built a playground, others cooked food and I got stuck washing windows. It was fine because it was volunteering but damn was it a lot of work for not so much of a reward. When we were done it was kinda hard to tell we even did anything even though they were a lot cleaner than before.

I finally got to see a Rhino. This means I have now officially seen all of South Africa’s Big Five: Rhino, Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, and Leopard.

One of my friends Bella and I decided to take a midnight dip in the freezing cold pool that they had… that was an experience. Super fun but SUPER cold!

Essentially it was a weekend of hanging out with great friends, eating a lot of food and spying on some frisky lions.

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