Hi Stephen--thanks again for the lovely trip you put together for us!  It was really a wonderful experience for us and the students, and we really enjoyed all the amazing opportunities!

Here is the link to our blog, in case that is of interest to you.

http://ecsouthafrica11.blogspot.com/

The trip to Venda was a real highlight, and we would love to do that again next time.  Traugott was quite a character and we really liked the experiences he introduced us to. 

The day we worked at the art center and then had dinner and dancing and the choir was a real peak experience!

The other special highlight happened later, with our guide Colin, in the township tours outside of Cape Town. 

I don't know if you often use Colin, but he was an EXCELLENT guide who really took us deep into some great experiences in different townships.  He was so much better than our guide last time, and if you have options about township tour guides, I'd highly recommend him to you for future groups.

  We really enjoyed our experiences with him as well.  Ending with the Cape Malay cooking was also a really great thing  as well; our students really loved that experience.

BTW, the students really liked Mark too, and it was so nice of him to make the photo disks for us.  Please do thank him for us.

I hope we will get to work with you in the future, and we'll keep you posted as to those plans as they emerge.

Thanks again!
martha