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The Trip Of A Lifetime Tricia Hansen Day 1 Arrived to the beautiful and warm weather Went to SPAR (grocery store) for food First time using Rand Checked into the accommodation Dinner at Col Cacchio Good Pizza but not

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The Trip Of A Lifetime

Tricia Hansen

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Day 1

Arrived to the beautiful and warm weather
Went to SPAR (grocery store) for food
First time using Rand
Checked into the accommodation
Dinner at Col’ Cacchio
Good Pizza but not very good service
Had to wait the whole meal to get a glass of water

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Day 2

Toured Nelson Mandela University
Looked a lot like UWGB
Saw a few monkeys
Had first lecture on volunteering and service work
Learned that you need to listen to the people you’re helping
They may not need help
Walked on the reserve by the campus

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Day 3

Had a lecture on the Xhosa culture
They bury the umbilical cord so that they can trace back to their roots
The man is the head of the family
Culture tour of Port Elizabeth
Learned about the history
Went to the townships

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Day 4

Toured Addo Elephant Park and Schotia Safaris
Had a Braii (cookout)
Night tour

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Day 5

Woke up at 4 a.m. to watch sunrise
Went on an “easy” hike
Flea market on beachfront
SANCOBB Penguin Sanctuary

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Day 6

Lecture on community development
Visited the Dora Nginza Maternity Unit
Felt very uncomfortable

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Day 7

Lecture on early childhood development
Similar to the U.S.
Education system is bad
Visited Walmer Angles Projects
In the townships
Visit Zanethemba baby home

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Day 8

Lecture on Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Mourning period for women should last a year
Visited First Avenue Funeral Home
Different funeral practices

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Day 9

Visited Missionvale Care Center
In the townships
Visited Jerusalem Ministries
Had lunch with students from Masifunde

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Day 10

Lectures on Trauma counseling
Taught us about PTSD and how to handle crisis
Uviwe child and youth services
UVIWE means you are heard
Services help educate children and parents
Visited Malabar Old Age Home
Residents there hardly get any visitors

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Day 11

Depart for Farm Excursion
Hiked up a mountain
Swam with bees
Ate Kudu
Won bottle of wine for shooting the target
Fed farm animals

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Day 12

Arrive in Tsitsikamma
Went to Tsitsikamma National park
Hiked on the trail and across the suspension bridge
Had dinner by the ocean at the Cattle Baron

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Day 13

Went ziplining at Tsitsikamma Adventure Falls
Visited the Tsitsikamma Storms River Creche
Donated beanie babies

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Day 14

Depart for Cape Town – 8 hour bus ride
Stopped at Birds of Eden on the way

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Day 15

Went to Table Mountain
Rode the cableway to the top (scary)
Had lunch at the Waterfront
Went shopping
Visited Robben Island
Took a ferry
Learned about Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment
Dinner at Africa Cafe
Authentic African food

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Day 16

Visited District Six Museum
Toured the neighborhood
Went to Cape of Good Hope
Got my water bottle stolen by a baboon
A lot of walking up steps
Where the Atlantic and Indian ocean meet

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Day 17- Last Day

Visit the Pebbles Project
Vans that travel to the students (computer, library, life skills)
Provide education, health, nutrition, community and protection
Visit to the Cape Spice Wine Route
Chocolate and wine tasting

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Day 18

Depart for home