A
long time ago before I existed Ally met a girl named Lauren Bryans. She was
from South Africa and moved to Canada for her dad’s work. Can you believe it all
of the way from South Africa? After a couple of years she had to move back.
Sadly, Ally and Lauren couldn’t chat as much as they were used to. One day when
Mrs. Mitchell was on Facebook she received a message from Lauren’s mom saying
that she heard about the trip and was wondering would we be going to South
Africa. It wasn't originally part of the trip but after a bit of convincing on
both Ally and Lauren's part it became part of the trip. I was excited to go to
South Africa because I would get to meet Lauren who Ally had been talking about
constantly, and it would be a whole different experience.
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| Ally and Lauren |
When the day came that we were
leaving for South Africa everyone was ecstatic. I was so excited I even packed
Meghan’s bag for her. As we were leaving for the airport I poked my head out of
Meg’s bag and waved good-bye to London, at least for awhile. We landed in Port
Elizabeth on time and I am happy to report we were all ok.
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| New Years Eve party |
After a couple
days of lying in the sun at Lauren’s house we headed out on a camping trip.
Ally and Meghan had told me about camping before but I had never been. After a
day of driving we set up camp in Outsourin.
We tucked into the tent, and Ally, Meg and Lauren talked and told
stories about when they were little. The next day we went to a cave system
called Cango Caves and learned about who first explored them. One of the
chambers was so big they used to hold concerts in it. We also went to an
ostrich farm. An ostrich is a very big bird that you do not see in Canada.
Ostrich eggs are big and very strong we could stand on them and they would not
brake. They were even bigger than me. We continued on to Cape Town and by far
my favourite part was taking the cable car up Table Mountain and getting
pictures of the beautiful scenery. At our last stop we went through a difficult
maze and did zip lining through the trees. After our camping trip we went back
to Lauren’s house and enjoyed our last days in South Africa.
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| At our camp site |
I feel very privileged to have meet the Bryans because I had the
chance to see and do many things other monkeys would not be able to. I hope to
bring my family back here one day so they can experience the different culture.
