Labour Day!!

A bit of sad news I'm afraid - both the baby tiger cubs died in the night :-( We were gutted, as you can imagine! But I will still try to post a piccie of one of them with me once I have finished writing this post!

This morning, we were up and at it at 7am which is the usual time we start work!! Our first task was to dig out a hole in the ground to start to make it into a pond. We did this for about 2 hours and we got the nod of approval for our work from Simon, the ranger! Then we went to clear some cut grass from around the tiger enclosure until 10am which is when we have our morning break.

After that, we went to one of the local schools to take some lunch for the children. The game reserve guys do this every week and for some of the children, it's the one decent meal they get. But they were lovely kids and we played ball and other games with them for a while!

After lunch, it was back to grass clearing but it was so hot we only did this for an hour before we were sent back to our lodgings!!

Tomorrow afternoon, we are being taken to Jeffrey's bay for the weekend! We are staying in a backpackers' lodge and will be back on Sunday evening. I am taking my dive kit and I hope I'll get a couple of dives in!! I don't know if I will have internet access so if not, I'll be back in touch on Monday!

P.S. I have been asked by a few people about the tigers i.e. why do we have them here!! I will try to find out and let you know :-)