Konka Camps

Shortly after arriving we went off to Konka camps for some bonding and team building. We got to meet the Wits students in the program which was awesome.

One the way to camp we stopped for lunch at this outdoor market place. Naturally there was a KFC.

Here is the part of the market.

And some of the view.

Those photos were taken on the top of a ferris wheel of course.

Then we got to camp and had to do these random team building activities which were a ridiculous amount of versions of simon says, sticking a playing card between our nose and lip and passing it around in a circle and other various awkward things. But hanging out during free time, meal time and night time was actually a lot of fun and a great way to meet and get to know everyone.

July 18 was Mandela Day so we all went to a school and played with the little kids. We brought paint you could draw on your body with and they had so much fun. By the time we left all the kids and all of us were just covered in drawings.

Konka Camps was beautiful, although it was hard to get a picture that captured it.

One afternoon I went on a game drive and saw giraffes from really far away that were hidden in the trees.

These things

and a zebra that refused to lift its head.

There was also a pair of adorable dogs running around. They liked to play catch with rocks and sticks.

Then there were some obstacle courses and a zip line. One was like walk across a rope holding on to another and run across a log. The other was much crazier. We had to climb through a cement tube and get over logs above your head, which meant being thrown over by the guys, and oh yeah swing on a rope and jump into a giant mud puddle. By the end we were so gross and dirty. I couldn't get a photo of that because I was covered in mud and dirt but here is the part of the zip line that we left from. 

Then we left Konka Camps and went back to Wits to a crazy amount a paperwork to register for classes and get our health insurance and lots of other stuff.