Unfortunately, South Africans don’t celebrate Halloween
quite like Canadians do. After years of dressing up in crazy costumes, it was
pretty depressing to have no Halloween parties to look forward to. Luckily our
coworker Viv was keen for us Canadians to spread some Halloween cheer into her
family. Chida and I helped her two kids carve their FIRST PUMPKINS EVER!!
Hopefully we started a tradition in their family. Trick or treating isn’t big
either – Viv told us she had to warn her neighbours and give them candy in
advance in order to take her kids to certain houses!
I spent Halloween in a long business meeting in East London.
The Sustainable Seas Trust is taking on a large project developing Science
Centres in two malls in the Eastern Cape. The meeting went really well – there
were lots of amazing ideas, and I think the Centres would be great for math and
science education.
The drive to and from East London was pretty terrifying; in
certain places, one lane was under construction, and instead of alternating
traffic, cars (and trucks) were driving head-on in a single lane. I was
gripping my seat in constant fear of a collision while our boss Tony casually
talked about all the accidents that occur roads like these, and how common it
is to see cars without side-view mirrors, covered in scratches. Not my cup of
tea.
On our way home we stopped briefly at the East London aquarium, which was a little bit dreary, although the ocean views were pretty nice.
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