No Shark Cages

Today was a long day - we got up early because we thought we were going to go Shark Cage Diving (one of the big attractions here on the western cape). We drove out to the place that does shark cage diving and they said they had to cancel the trips today due to tumultuous seas. An hour prior to our arrival, the seas were good - but the group coming back was terribly ill and did not look so good. This was an hour and a half away from where we are staying. So we walked around, took some picutres, and decided to go to Hermanus, a nearby town that is famous for its whale sitings and whale celebrations. It is so beautiful there! I can't explain. We climbed all over the rocks, getting different views all around. We even saw a Southern Right Whale and a seal! Apparently you can see a few other species of whale out there from the bay. We were there for a while, then came back to the home base, exhausted.

To make up for the disappointment, we went to the waterfront and went shopping at an art and craft flea maket, where i got a bunch of things including a nice medium sized djembe! yay! We also obtained plenty of music.

Paul and I met today to discuss our plans for the week. We ran into the problem of too few materials to do the original butterfly that we had planned. Also, we were hoping that the children could use watercolors for this part, but the paper that we have simply will not suffice. We asked Toshiko, one of the supervisors, her advice while she taught us how to make origami frogs (so cool). I had suggested perhaps drawing out a butterfly that they could each individually do, and Toshiko also suggested that they can then cut out that butterfly as well (perfect, since that gives the kids a bit of a challenge, and makes them more proud and satisfied with their work). We made a few butterfly templates and plan on photocopying them in the morning. If possible, we want to buy some heavier grade paper to photocopy them onto so that the kids can use watercolors. We also need to start thinking about this mural project! so much to think about..

I am going to include one or two pictures from todays adventure, not so much because this takes forever and i am exhausted!