Chris Stevendale

Very, very hot this morning.  We went inland a little to visit 2 schools near to Paarl.  The first was incredibly poor with the housing and surrounds unbelievable.  The school itself was totally different though and we had a brilliant time.  The kids sang a song for me which I have recorded.  The next school looked to be a bit better off, but in fact they had very little money for resources.  Lots of fantastic teachers but a rather jaded HT who was trying his hardest against the odds.

This afternoon was a terrible disappointment.  We had hoped to go up Table Mountain but once again we were defeated by the weather - it’s raining would you believe - very warm rain.  Instead I went on a bit of a shopping spree at a craft market and then a mall.  It really is very safe to walk around in this area with security guards every 100 metres or so.  Fingers crossed for better weather tomorrow.