The Lion By Moonlight

Tuesday saw the long-awaited Mock Trial down at the Wynberg Magistrate's Court. The children from Athlone, who have been preparing for this for a while now, were very excited and nervous to be playing "real" lawyers. They even got to dress the part in robes (which looked super cute)!

 Inside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court

This young chap wanted to emulate Jacob Zuma

The children received certificates for their brilliant efforts

Dion (the advocate) judged the Mock Trial

PAHRO volunteers with Dion

The children did such a great job; it was hard to believe how young some of them are. We were all extremely proud of them.

By far the highlight of this week was my full moon hike up to Lions Head peak. We set out shortly after 5pm and made it up in about one hour.

View on the way up

Angelo and Dan

The hike was fairly straightforward, for the most part, although the last fifteen minutes consisted of ladders and actual climbing (on a mountain - who would have thought?) Once up the top, we soaked in the stunning views of the city as the sun set.

Meschak with some of the volunteers

 This really needs no words

Enjoying life!

The full moon shed some light on our descent back down the peak, although it was the torches we had brought with us that saved us from stumbling off the edge. Seeing the city lit up below was a sight to behold; it's views like this that make me fall that little bit more in love with Cape Town.

We nicknamed this "Pride Rock"

View from the peak

As it was Angelo's last night, a group of us headed out to Long Street (in our hiking gear finery) for what was meant to be "a cheeky beer" but soon turned into a bit more than that. I think we'll just blame the full moon.