A little note from Amy!

For those of you who don't know me I'm Amy-Coll's little sister. Me Mom and Dad went to Africa in July for 2 weeks to spend some time in SA with Coll and to see Lesotho aswell.
We flew into capetown and met Coll at the airport. We spent 3 days in capetown and went to Table mt., Robben island and other tourist attractions. Then we hired a car and drove along the coast,stopping at villages and towns along the way. One of the places we stopped was Albertinia where we did a Safari. It was amazing!
The food and accomadation were sooo cheap and really good everywhere. The food was out of this world(probably my fave thing about the trip!). Another place we stopped was Plettenberg where we did Whale watching...O MY GOD!! It was sooo cool-the whales where under the boat and everything! They were 17 ft(i think) long! We did another Safari in Addo. This one wasn't guided, u just drove through yourself and you had to spot the animals. It was way better than the first one because the animals weren't locked in and we saw 47 ELEPHANTS!! All of the towns were along the coast and they were famous for surfing-we watched so much surfers and they were brilliant!!One of the towns was Jeffreys Bay were there was a huuge surfing competition and everything revolved around it!
We drove back to Capetown and flew to Lesotho.We went to the ambassadors house and had a dellicious dinner and a great time! When we got to Maputsoe we saw Coll's school,its soo small and there's only one tiny toilet for loads of pupils! The village was so packed with people selling things in there stalls and women with babies tied to there backs and it's like something out of a Trocaire add. But they were all so happy because they dont know any better. There just happy with what they have and you dont fell sorry for them but at the same time you know that they need help. We went to the orphanage to visit the kids and they were soo beautiful, they were so good and always smiling.When your there you dont think about them all being sick or anything like that. They're just kids,the same as at home. Coll's house is actually alot nicer than i expected(but its still pretty basic) and she's well looked after by everyone who knows her. We met Father Tim-a lovely man who really understands what needs to be done there and how to do it.We met Elana-an Italian girl living next to Coll. She's a teacher in the nursery and she's Coll's best friend out there.
Everyone at home is really proud of Coll and we're so happy to see how settled in she is. I miss her lots but she's coming home for Christmas so thats something to look forward to!