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Robben Island

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Today was one of those days that you don’t only enjoy but feel truly privileged to have experienced.

We visited Robben Island today.

Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela and most of the political prisoners from the African National Congress (ANC) the Pan African Congress (PAC) and many of the smaller political parties, all enemies of the state of Apartheid, were incarcerated. Mandela spent eighteen years on this island in a tiny solitary cell.

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Fish, Fish and More Fish

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

In our quest to see every animal in Africa, our big stop of the day was the Two Oceans Aquarium. Apparently they were inspired to name the place after the two oceans, Indian and Atlantic that meet here in Cape Town. Maybe they just stole the idea from our state of Minnesota that names it’s lakes; “Big Lake”, “ Small Lake” “Round Lake.” Who knows?

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Tuxedo Anyone?

Thursday, September 1st, 2005
After spending the last few days inside we all had a bit of cabin fever, so when Math lessons were finished we all piled into our trusty Mazda and took off over the mountain to see some men in tuxedos: ... [Continue reading this entry]

Pull Up, Pull Up. Or We are Going to Crash!

Thursday, September 1st, 2005
After assuring the parents at home that we were not going to stunt our children’s academic growth by teaching them ourselves we had some work to do. Day #2 needed to go much better than Day #1. We decided the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Class Had Begun

Thursday, September 1st, 2005
One of the best parts of our year traveling is going to be the opportunity to teach the children ourselves. We can self pace their curriculum and teach to their level. Our main goals are to push them ahead ... [Continue reading this entry]