This past week was pretty low-key overall. At work I finished up a cd/digipack design and have been going through all the "bear expression" vodka shot pictures from the Design Indaba event to put on the web. Next week I'll finish that up and work on a myspace website I think. The only dramatic thing that happened at work is that someone stole 19,000 rand cash from the Design Indaba money. That's around $2,700. It's pretty stupid that the money wasn't put in the bank right away and just left in the office. One guy thinks it's the woman they hired a month before I arrived. She called in sick Friday, but I think it's kind of rash to automatically accuse someone of that. They reported it to the police and everything, so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
There's also a human rights org called Wola Nani that I've been in touch with. I don't really want two jobs here because it's difficult to coordinate w/o a car, but I'll try to meet w/ them.
Yesterday I went with Aly and Kelsey to a safari that was two hours away. We had to leave a bit before 6am so I was a little groggy, but it wasn't bad. It was through Aquila safari and it was a really nice place. We got there at 8am and they gave us champagne right away. A bit early for that, but it was nice. They had a nice breakfast buffet too. The weather was cold a little rainy at first, so I was worried it would ruin the safari. By the time we left on the safari it cleared up a bit. We did the safari on horseback which was cool. I don't know how to ride a horse, but it was okay most of the time. My horse, brandy, liked to get out of the line a lot and go eat or would want to go run through the water, so I was a little stressed about it. It was also really hard to take pictures while trying to stay on the horse. On horseback we saw some zebra and gazelles I think. We could go off the trail more w/ the horses, but certain animals you couldn't get close to with them. We saw some hippos also. We took the horses back and then were taken on a truck to see the lions and elephants. Apparently a lot of the animals are extinct in South Africa, so they were brought in from other areas. This place wasn't as authentic as I expected, but definitely neat to see. The guides called over the elephants to the truck, so they were sticking their snout in and everything. They also had some domesticated baby cheetahs we were able to pet.
The weather has been cold and rainy, so nothing is really going on today. I couldn't even rent a movie because they need official documentation of my address. Kind of crazy for a video store, but oh well.
There are some new interns coming, so next weekend is another planned trip. I think it's a wine cellar tour which isn't the most exciting thing, but it's usually really pretty in the wine country, so at least that'll be nice. I'd really like to try paragliding, so if the weather is nice I think I'll go next Sunday w/ Aly.
I also found out that there isn't any housing available in may w/ the program i'm here with, so I might not end up staying any longer. I'll have to do some research and see if it's worth the hassle.
