Finally an internet connection...time to catch up!!

6/4/12
So monday I arrived in Port Elizabeth at 10:30am - i was the first volunteer arrive this day and I had the pleasure of meeting two of the volunteers leaving Kwantu (the place where we will be working and staying) and they gave me a rundown of all the other 8 volunteers at Kwantu while I waited for the other 3 new volunteers to fly in that day. It nice to talk with them because I had no idea what to expect.
Once everyone arrived we headed an hour and half to Kwantu! We got a tour of the lodge area and then had dinner where we got to meet the other 8 volunteers. Everyone is very nice and mostly from the UK except one girl from Scottland, one from Belgium, and then a guy who arrived with us is from Portugal (looks like a model in a perfume ad, so hot, and very very nice man-four year girlfriend hands off!).

6/5/12
This morning I woke up to the alarming sound of monkeys running around on our tin roof! So freaky but luckily we were warned every morning 6:45am sharp and they were right on time LOL
We got our tour of predator camp this morning which is where the lions, tigers, white lions, and cheetahs all going through rehabilitation are kept. AND 5 days before we arrived one of the tigers had two baby cubs!!!! Unfortunately they are keeping the cubs with the mom and dad to see how the male takes to the cubs as she feeds them, so we don't get to play with them.

We then break for breakfast at 9:30am and then we join the rest of the senior volunteers digging holes to plant palm trees.  Now not to brag or just be irritated but I dug 6 holes by myself (through alot of grass and brick and cement-a nightmare but manageable) to the girls (who are paired in two) 2 holes! Ok im mean but come one ladies. But I also got a huge blister this first day which popped of course so a lil rough. Then it was lunch time

The afternoon/evening we went on a gamedrive within the reserve (basically a safari) and we saw giraffe, zebra, many different antelopes. It was quite exciting!! Amazing all the animals we saw and how close we came. This amazing. That night when we got back to the camp and went to predator camp and they head ranger let us see the baby cubs in the tiger den!!! So little and sooo soo amazing!!!!

now I am going to break for lunch and will finish my week updates soon!