one of my best friends and faithful blog/fb photo updater, laura buns zak, came to visit for a month in april! i felt so lucky and thankful. it was amazing to show her the places and people i've been emailing her about for 1 year and a half. so much happened and it's hard to really explain so i'll go with some photo highlights from her visit!
to start we visited hluhluwe game reserve and went on a safari with a game ranger! we drove around for hours spotting animals and hanging out with some other volunteers that joined us. this elephant got really close and was in a pissy mood, we were all a little scared.
to both of our surprise my primary school greeted laura with a huge procession of the entire school and preformed songs and traditional dance to welcome her. we stayed in and around the village for about 2 weeks and went to school everyday.
an english assignment was to write 5 sentences welcoming laura by telling her something about south africa or asking her questions. just go ahead and read this learner'scomments. haha, he was for sure copying from somewhere. another favorite wrote, 'laura, i'm tired of swimming in circles.' we all are mabika, we all are!
at school laura participated in my primary and secondary projects by teaching english, joining the girl's club, helping in the library, and working on a mural. it was so incredible to be able to share all the little hilarity's that happen during the day and have someone to discuss the challenges of the school with first hand.
during weekends we visited the indian ocean and went hiking through the estuary/lake system of kosi bay with a groups of other volunteers and friends. power in numbers! we inquired from local fishermen the where abouts of the hippos and made it safely through the mangrove mazes.
for 5 days laura, danny and i went on a hike through the drakensberg mountains. each day we hiked between 12-15kms and ended in huts for the night. the trails were simply gorgeous and we had great weather every day. slack-packing at it's finest.
and there are many more pictures and stories to share. at times we drove each other crazy but that's what being together everyday for a month does to you! i think because we drove each other crazy it only made our friendship stronger and deeper. all in all, it was wonderful to have such a great friend visit and have the opportunity to share my south african life and experiences with. we had so much fun! it's a time we will both cherish and never forget. love you buns!
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