The Volunteering Adventure: Penguin Outreach project is based at Boulders Beach, one of the most scenic sites in Simon's Town. It is a conservation site for African penguins in need of care support. The volunteers based here will be involved for caring for the penguins in a holistic manner and will also be involved in providing information sessions to all visitors who visit this project on a regular basis.
Duration: 90 days
Location: Boulders Beach, Simon's Town near Cape Town
Itinerary: The daily duties will depend on the needs of the penguins.
Included in the price:
- Cape Town International airport transfers on commencement day and on final day
- Orientation with arrival and welcome supper
- Self-catering accommodation
- 3 day tour
04 October 2010
new movie: "Africa United" (2010)
Africa United is a road movie about five children who travel 4800km (3000 miles) to reach the FIFA Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Their backgrounds are as diverse as the continent - Fabrice, a middle-class football protégé; Dudu, a Rwandan Aids orphan with a true sense of determination; Beatrice, his God-loving and gentle little sister; Celeste, a proud teenage sex worker; and Foreman George, a traumatised former child soldier from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the way to the vital selection trial, disaster strikes when Fabrice, Dudu and Beatrice board the wrong bus and cross into the Congo. Without papers, money or a believable story, they are escorted to a children's refugee camp. But with considerable ingenuity and sass (and a World Cup wall chart for a map), our pint-sized heroes escape the camp and set off in pursuit of their dream, picking up along the way a “dream team” of displaced kids, who help them negotiate a series of thrilling and hilarious adventures.
The movie gonna hit the cinemas in the UK from 22 Oct 2010. I couldn't find any other release dates... not even on imdb.com.
On the way to the vital selection trial, disaster strikes when Fabrice, Dudu and Beatrice board the wrong bus and cross into the Congo. Without papers, money or a believable story, they are escorted to a children's refugee camp. But with considerable ingenuity and sass (and a World Cup wall chart for a map), our pint-sized heroes escape the camp and set off in pursuit of their dream, picking up along the way a “dream team” of displaced kids, who help them negotiate a series of thrilling and hilarious adventures.
The movie gonna hit the cinemas in the UK from 22 Oct 2010. I couldn't find any other release dates... not even on imdb.com.
30 September 2010
Kruger National Park Calendar - November
Weather:
Landscape:
- early summer
- very hot days and warm evenings
- rain - rainfall usually double that of October
- between 16°C - 32°C (Fahrenheit: e.g. 28°C = [(28x9)]/5 + 32 = 82.4°F)
- visit travelcomments.com/webcams_sa.htm and follow daily game drives via webcam to check the weather & how the landscape is changing during the year
Kruger national park from Lubomir Ciganek on Vimeo.
Landscape:
- lush vegetation
- many trees in flower
- new pans appear in drier areas
- river levels start rising
- breeding season underway for most animals
- plains animals very aggressive in protecting their young as predator activity increases
- explosion in insect activity after the first good rains
How to pack your backpack cleverly...
Packing your backpack is always kinda mission. What to take with, what to leave back home? 20kgs already reached? Well, the dude in the video does obviously travel with a lot of clothes, but at least he knows how to pack his backpack quite cleverly...
btw - we created a packing list to assist fellow travelers with getting organized before they start their journey. The list is definitely not exhaustive, but we tried our best. Have a look!
btw - we created a packing list to assist fellow travelers with getting organized before they start their journey. The list is definitely not exhaustive, but we tried our best. Have a look!
Mozambique: Mobile phone users must register by 15 Nov 2010
According to an article on allafrica.com all users of pre-paid mobile phone cards in Mozambique must register their phone numbers by 15 November 2010. The news source is referring to a government decree which was issued last week, but has not yet been published in any of the media.
According to the decree all new users of pre-paid mobile phone cards in Mozambique must be registered at the moment they buy it. People who already have numbers will have to register them by 15 Nov 2010 (similar to the Rica Act in South Africa). If they fail to do so, their access to the mobile phone networks will be blocked. Registration has not yet started. Sometime in the next few days the authorities and the two companies (Mcel & Vodacom MZ) will announce the registration procedures to be used.
According to the decree all new users of pre-paid mobile phone cards in Mozambique must be registered at the moment they buy it. People who already have numbers will have to register them by 15 Nov 2010 (similar to the Rica Act in South Africa). If they fail to do so, their access to the mobile phone networks will be blocked. Registration has not yet started. Sometime in the next few days the authorities and the two companies (Mcel & Vodacom MZ) will announce the registration procedures to be used.
29 September 2010
Did you know... why the white rhino is called "white rhino"?
There are some theories around, but the most obvious one is based on a mistranslation of the word "wijd" (referring to the width of the rhino's mouth) from Dutch to English. "Wijd" in Dutch, or "wyd" in Afrikaans, means "wide" in Englisch. So early English-speaking settlers in South Africa misinterpreted the "wijd" or "wyd" for "white" and the rhino with the wide mouth ended up being called the white rhino. Other popular theories suggest the name comes from its wide appearance throughout Africa, its color due to wallowing in calcerous soil, because of the lighter colour of its horn or even because of the many bird droppings on their bodies.
Black rhinos are actually not black at all. The species probably derives its name as a distinction from the white rhino and/or from the dark-colored local soil that often covers its skin after wallowing in mud.
28 September 2010
BBC's Walk on the Wild Side - Funny Talking Animals Season Two
Walk on the Wild Side is a comedy sketch show shown on BBC One. It involves the overdubbing of voiceovers to natural history footage. And it is simply one of the most hilarious tv shows ever...
The DVD of Walk on the Wild Side's Season One will be released on 04 October 2010. Click here for some previews from Season One.
The DVD of Walk on the Wild Side's Season One will be released on 04 October 2010. Click here for some previews from Season One.
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