Reading back on the post I made at the beginning of February when we just finished the 4 wheel drive guides course, I cannot believe it took me about 7 months to finally get my ass into gear and just do the assignments. Read the initial post where I ended off stating that it shouldn’t take us too long!
I must admit, it was because of the course load, but rather my procrastination that kept me from getting this done. However, these last 2 weeks we’ve been working hard at it, and this morning Bernadette and I finally sent off our finished copies. There were some of the things I enjoyed setting up, but hated having to put everything down on paper. The 2 (out of 9) assignments I really enjoyed was setting up a 5 day tour of Lesotho and a 20 day tour of Zambia.
Sitting with those maps and researching about the places just made me want to go there even more.
The other assignments included:
1) What we would do if a person has an accident in another country and needs to be evacuated by helicopter and how we would get his vehicle back to South Africa. This gave me a chance to see if I remembered all the first aid procedures we were taught, and I surprised myself by remembering exactly what to do.
2) Discussing the cultural aspects of the Taal Monument and the Blood River battle.
3) How we would design and implement an eco friendly 4×4 trail.
4) If we could choose our ultimate 4×4 guide vehicle, what would it be and what extra would it have to make it the ultimate.
5) A 5 day tour of one of the cultural groups in South Africa.
6) Designing a indemnity form and evaluation form for our touring company.
7) Design a brochure for our touring company.
I’m just so glad and relieved to finally have this done. Now let’s hold thumbs that everything was done within the correct guidelines and that my registration to become a 4 Wheel Drive Guide goes through!
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