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ions, e.Iephants and hippos all a part of
Axtmann couple's safari trip to South Africa
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The Huron Expositor • November 25, 2009 Page 23
We are now having a bit of mois-
ture in Winthrop but haven't we
had a nice November so far?
I remember the year of 1964 we
had pouring rain on Nov. 27 which
was enough to cancel the Santa
Claus parade.
Mary Fletcher was on holidays
for the Sunday service at Cavan
United Church on. Nov. 15 so Trish
MacGregor was in charge and her
topic was "Praying like Someone's
Listening." ,
Gordon and Irma Pryce were the
greeters and collectors.
The McNichol bunch held their
Christmas get together on Nov. 15.
There were 77 members of Anna
McNichol's family present. . The
afternoon was spent getting reac-
quainted with nieces and nephews
and their growing families.
Jim and Ruth Axtmann recently
took a trip to South Africa. They
spent three weeks enjoying pam-
pering, comfortable weather,
beautiful scenery, good food and
exotic animals in the wild.
They saw the Cape of Good Hope
on land and sea and experienced
some stormy weather going to
Robben Island where Nelson Man-
dela was imprisoned for 18 years.
They started out in Capetown,
where architecture reflected the
Dutch, English and native African
cultures. They travelled along•the
eastern side of South Africa where
there were many
vineyards and . an
ostrich farm.
They followed the path of the
Voortrekkers as they left the Cape
to avoid English domination in the
1830s.
Their itinerary included game
reservations including Chobe,
Kruger and Kapama, going on
game drives early in the morning
and in the evening, seeing lions,
elephants, hippos, rhinos and cape
buffalo - Africa's Big Five.
They also visited a soup kitchen
and creche, a pre-school started to
allow older children to go to school
when their parents were at work.
At the soup kitchen, children
were given one cup of soup and a
slice of bread before the adults.
While in Johannesburg, they vis-
ited the Aparteid Museum which
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tems of segrega-
tion in effect from
1948-93. It ended in 1994 when all
citizens were allowed to vote and
Nelson Mandela became govern-
ment leader.
They visited Soweto, which is
now a subdivision of cement block
housing. There, they had lunch of
native food.
The large farms in Africa have
20,000 to 40,000 hectares and up
to 200 employees who are provid-
ed accommodation and education
for their children. They may have
fruit trees, including pineapple,
banana, apple and citrus and corn
both for humans and to feed cat-
tle.
The Axtmanns were surprised
to learn there are .11 official lan-
guages in South Africa and that
they were only ever really hot at
the Victoria Falls area, where it
was so dry that the falls were a
disappointment.
They were also interested that
many native tribes are living with
their original cultures.
Near the end of their trip, Ruth
broke a small bone in her ankle,
which is still .healing.
Food for Thought
God gave us our memories so
that we might have roses in De-
cember.
By Ruth Campbell
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