South Africa

Archbishop Tutu

This morning we started the day early with a 5am wake up call. We were headed to St. Georges Cathedral to meet Desmond Tutu. We expected to see a huge sanctuary with a large crowd for the Friday morning service. When we arrived they escorted us to a side room that had enough room for …

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We’re Back!

Well we made the long trip from White River to Joburg and there were a lot of sad faces, it was bitter sweet because nobody wanted to leave Africa, the country that has captured our hearts, was calling at the same time everyone wanted missed their loved ones terribly.  Most have made a goal and …

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My Lovely Homestay

Post by Shatora Blackwell It all started when we was at the community center in Siyathuthuka helping kids who were orphans. We gave them peanut butter sandwiches, oranges, chips, juice and of course de-worming pills. It felt great being there and knowing that my effort in helping was to a great cause. We played games, …

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Kruger and the Kids

The excitement continues….we entered Kruger Park two days ago and within hours we had seen 4 of the big five, Cape Buffalo, elephants, rhino and a couple of lions. It is always such a memorable moment the first time you see African wildlife in their natural habitat, and it was no different for our Globetrotters, …

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White River Idol

I wasn’t sure if this trip could get much better after a rough start, then doing a shark cage dive and meeting Desmond Tutu but tonight was another incredible night.  After a day of souvenir shopping with the kids we got ready for White River Idol, a talent show of local kids to raise money …

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Masphumelele

We started this morning the same way we left off yesterday, in the township of Masphumelele. The globetrotters loved the kids they saw and Shane has told me that he could arrange to have a band who lived in the township play for us so I had him set it up. Masphumelele is a community …

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Rough start

Never a dull moment on a Globetrotter trip and our first 48 hours of this trip were no exception. It started with a flight delay in Greensboro that almost made us miss the last plane to Johannesburg out of Atlanta. We found ourselves running through the Atlanta airport to catch the flight and jumped on …

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