Socks in South Africa

A long time ago, 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 our trip and was wondering if we would be going to South Africa. It wasn't originally part of the plan, but after a bit of convincing on both Ally and Laurens 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.

                  When the day came that we were leaving for South Africa, everyone was ecstatic. I was so excited that 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 a while. We landed in Port Elizabeth on time and I am happy to report we were all ok.

                  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 Oudtshoorn.  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 that 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 break. 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.

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.