Friday 2nd September 2016: We aren't leaving until 8.30, but up early so we walk down to the lookout to the bridge. There is a cafe down there where all the canoeist are leaving from. We are followed on the way back by a fellow trying to sell us tiny wooden elephants - price starts at
$30 for 5 and ends up at $10 and he finally gives up when we enter the hotel grounds again. 
 
 This morning we are visiting a primary school in the village section of the town where we went yesterday for our hosted lunch. It is holidays for the children, but 8 girls have come to welcome and entertain us. We are met by the grade 1 teacher and the year 6 teacher of the girls is also there. In costume the girls sing and dance for us, then each one introduces herself and tells of their ambitions - they are aiming high, interesting to see how many make it. This school was started in 1940 and has 1700 students with 50 staff. They teach 3 languages, English being one of them, plus the usual Maths, Art, Phys-ed, Woodwork, Home Ec, Agriculture, Social Studies, Computing, but they only have 40 computers for 1700. There are 3 terms and fees are $40 per term, with subsidies for under privileged, education is compulsory and there is a very small dropout rate. They have a teacher for the 15 special ed kids - sounds much like us doesn't it. The school day is divided into two, with the first session of children from 7-1pm and the second from 11 to 4pm - the two hour crossover is spent out under the trees. There is a teacher for each session, but 50 kids in each with just the one teacher. The teacher speaks to us about the challenges they face, with the underlying message about donations and there is a table to put the donations of pencils, pens etc that we have brought. One of the school rooms is open, with 50 chairs stacked up down the middle and every wall beautifully decorated with charts etc, all in Englsh, done by the one teacher and some children's work - very good for Year 1&2 who use this room.
Outside the girls really interact with us, not shy at all, wanting to be photographed and showing off their garden, which is to teach them lifestyle sustainability skills. 

 
Leaving the school we head for the border crossings again - out of Zimbabwe and then into Zambia and then to the airport in Livingstone. We packed down into one case to go to Zimbabwe, leaving the rest at the Emporer's Palace in Joburg as we are going back there and would you believe we weigh one kilo over and for the first time ever we are opening a case in the middle of the airport to rearrange some into the hand luggage.
In Johannesburg we have our farewell dinner and say our goodbyes to the 15 who are either going home, doing the Blue Train, or going elsewhere.