19/02/17 Sam and Alex write about the team's departure from Wolgarston and their journey to Africa
Day 1:
We arrived at school at 12:30, the
gang got together for a group photo outside the car park before we had to say
goodbyes to our family (the best part). We then set off for a long journey to
Heathrow airport where would soon depart for South Africa. We boarded the plane
at 8:30 but prior to this we got split up in the airport and Libby wanted to go
without the rest of us. When we got the plane, an hour after we got served our
dinner which was either pasta or chicken, both of which were delicious. Most of
us tried to get some sleep but we struggled as throughout the flight there was
some turbulence which kept us awake. Luckily there was on board entertainment
which made the dragging flight a little bit less tedious.
Day 2:
At around 6:00 in the morning, flight
attendants came around the plane with a full english breakfast or a vegetarian
option which was an omelette. As we came close the final hours of the flight we
got our stuff together and prepared for landing. Soon after leaving the plane
and going into Johannesburg airport we were hit by the humidity, we
wolgaradventured on into the airport we were greeted by enthusiasm, the
immigration officer made our day by making us laugh going through customs. Then
we got to the shops; me and Sam realised that we hadn’t packed a football. So
we then entered the African equivalent of Sports Direct, the people that
worked there were full of fun and welcomed us with a high fives and hugs. We
got our football and as we went through the rest of the airport we were constantly
being asked by the workers, “were we any good at football”. This was then
followed by an embarrassing scene as I (Alex) tried something and completely
failed. The next 4 hours of travelling were upon us and we tried to sleep as
much as possible as we knew we had a big day ahead of us.
Half way through our
journey we stopped for lunch at a place called ‘Alzu’ where we saw a number of
different animals such as: Ostrich, Emu, Zebra, Gazelles and Rhinos. We then
finished the next 2 hours of travelling and arrived at Hands At Work, where we
were greeted by a lovely couple called Craig and Brenda. We are looking forward
to spending the next 10 days here and meeting the people that live here.
Sam and Alex