Trip to victoria falls - see photo Album One of the Wonders of the World - we had to see it . Stayed in a gorgeous resort hotel, very African ,with nets over our bed,which were not there just for ornamentation, but practical - Keeping malariamossies out.Lovely furniture and decorations( I could hear the African drums) and our bedroom looked out on to the Mighty Zambezi River through fantastic tropical foliage. The monkeys were bounding along our verandah in the...

Trip to Botswana - March 25th 2010 Our indefatigable cousin Jane picked us up to go on a trip to Botswana. Left on Thursday and stayed over the weekend till Monday. We stayed with Jane's friends Joy and Willie Crosbie in their lovely home near Gaborone. We also met their daughters Amy and Alice. Amy had just returned fom a period in the UK and Alice came home on Uni break. The drive up there was interesting as we went on a secondary road through villages. W...

21st to 23rd March The fantastic Festival of the Arts at ALA - Following our trip to Cape Town, we had a busy week in the run up to the big 3 day Festival of the Arts. (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) Shena put on a display of the students artworks in the Foyer of the Auditorium where there was to be Choir and Dance Performances and a Play put on over the 3 days. There were invited guests from out of the schooland it was quite a festival. Cousin Jane came with a frien...

Now up to date with blogs (two new today) To see previous entries -click on blog tab above. The latest blog describing our trip to Cape Town follows...... We have had long weekend in Cape Town. Leaving on Sunday and staying till Tuesday afternoon. Cape Town is a very dramatic city with the tabletop mountain providing an impressive backdrop to the city which is also on a harbour, and beach;so it has both the mountains and the beaches around it. One is struck imme...

This blog about visiting the Richard Branson school of Entrepeneurship is about a week late but your blog editor, despite the many demands on his time is finally up to date in the blog which immediately follows - about our trip to Cape Town Last week we had an interesting trip into Joburg city central.on Wednesday morning to visit the Richard Branson School of Entrepreneurship. Owen Burton (Bizza) (Rachaels Husband)is the acting CEO there and he invited us to se...