I really honestly don't know what happened to last week ... well I do really ...
We had an exchange student staying with us from Wednesday ... a 16year old called Jonathan ... all the way from ... Cheshire, England... of all places. HHS is part of a program called AfriBrit and they asked for some parents to be host families to these kids, and needless to say when Kelsey found out that as a host you have to go with these kids on the trips etc ... well of course he volunteered for that LOL ...
There were 16 kids in the group from Leftwich County High School ... they had been in SA since 11th Feb, done the JHB trip and the Kruger Park ... and ended their tour here in Hillcrest with us ...
Jonathan and Kelsey got along really nicely and in fact all the kids seemed to gel really well with their host families ... Thursday they all went on a Raft Building Afternoon at Shongweni Dam of course followed by the traditional SA Braai. Friday I was volunteered to assist with transport !!! (it was a tough one !!!) we did a tour of Moses Mabida Stadium ... with the rest of the afternoon at uShaka Marine World (really tough eh???) I managed to top up my tan beautifully and the kids all loved it ... mind you all they really wanted to do was spend time in the sea !!! We take so much for granted but you forget that you can't just POP down to he beach in England and you sure as hell can't go swimming all the time ...
The group ready for the tour of Moses Mabida Stadium...
The Sky Lift going up to the top of the structure...
Inside the stadium ...
Apparently the seats are coloured this way to show the blue of the Ocean and the oranges of the beautiful African sun ...
Inside the Moses Mabida Stadium... 
Time was tight so the 'paddle' in the Indian Ocean was all it was supposed to be ... of course Kelsey & Jonathon ... being the individuals that they are ... and unable to follow instructions too well ... ended up swimming in the sea ... I mean really ... the English teachers were stressing about them being in wet clothes ... 15mins and they were dry !!!! Iona one of the English girls desperately wanted to swim in the sea and even though I told her it was OK it took her a while to 'break the rule' ... but she managed to get a dip !!! fully clothed of course LOL and Kelsey being the young gentleman he is gave her his t-shirt to wear for the day ... (ouch he then got sun burnt!!! but he impressed the girls ... so much so he ended up with a bit of a Harem !!!)LOL
Time was tight so the 'paddle' in the Indian Ocean was all it was supposed to be ... of course Kelsey & Jonathon ... being the individuals that they are ... and unable to follow instructions too well ... ended up swimming in the sea ... I mean really ... the English teachers were stressing about them being in wet clothes ... 15mins and they were dry !!!! Iona one of the English girls desperately wanted to swim in the sea and even though I told her it was OK it took her a while to 'break the rule' ... but she managed to get a dip !!! fully clothed of course LOL and Kelsey being the young gentleman he is gave her his t-shirt to wear for the day ... (ouch he then got sun burnt!!! but he impressed the girls ... so much so he ended up with a bit of a Harem !!!)LOLKelsey & Jonathan taking a dip ...
It was a beautiful day ...
Then Iona joined them ...
We did a tour of the Aquarium and then some of the kids went snorkeling and even did a Shark Dive ... I think it was the best day for them ... well here in KZN, cos apparently they had stroked Lion cubs up in Kruger.
Looks a bit like a big Crush waving to us ...
And the rays are waving too ...
Friday night Kelsey & Heini took Jonathon on an educational tour to our local Cinema ... and they stuffed him with all our local chocolates ... they were BUZZING by the time they came home !!!
Saturday they were up early and out to Phezulu Village & Crocodile Park ... most of the kids tried a Croc Burger !!! and of course Kelsey being the socialite that he is also had a birthday party on that day ... so they ended up (both of them of course) at Jennas place after the trip ...
My job for the most part ... Taxi Driver and Cook !!! Oh and Bank of MUM !!!
And then Sunday we wished them a sad farewell ... it was a very short trip and all the parents agreed we would have loved to have had the kids for longer.
No sooner were the kids on the bus and Kelsey was asking to spend the day at Heini's place ... well the sun was shinning and he hadn't spent much time with his best friend !!! so yippeee I thought I had the afternoon to myself .. well I did till Warren sent a message saying he needed a photographer to do a MALE MODEL SHOOT .... now c'mon girls ... who'd really miss out on that ???
Camera in hand and well ... sorry girls I'll show you the goodies in the next post ... sheeeeweee!!! Nice 24 year old with a few rippling muscles !!! :-)
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