Experience South Africa With Mrs. Ketchum: Day 13

We left early this morning heading out to Grahamstown. When we arrived at Grahamstown we were presented presentations on school programs and school learners by the Inkcubeko Nendalo Anthropology Department. We then went to Nombelelo Secondary School to sit in on a lesson about biomes by Muleki Nkosi with a group of grade 10 learners. Did you know South Africa had 9 biomes and 6 of them are in the Eastern Cape. Those six are the savannah biome, flynbos biome, grassland biome, succulent-karoo biome, thornflet biome and indigenous forest biome. This was pretty fascinating to learn. After taking some time for lunch in the garden we traveled to the Dassie Krantz Forestto have a forest experience with grade 10 learners. To begin the forest experience we hiked down a trail to get to the middle of the forest. We communed with our ancestors and viewed the biodiversity of the plant and animal life. All in all it was a neat experience but man climbing up that mountain to get out of the forest was tough work. On our way back to Port Elizabeth we stopped at Nanaga Farmstall and Restaurant in Kirkwood and enjoyed the flavor of some local meat pies for dinner.