Thank you for voting, here are the activities ranked from the ones the team would like to do most (at the top), to the ones the team would like to do least (at the bottom)…
Whale watching tour : +/- €65 pp: my worry with the the whale watching is that it’s pricey and the whales aren’t guaranteed - it’s a bit early in the season.
Here is a poll to register for the top 6 activities, the poll will close on the 31st of May. This ensures we have enough time to book, and organize:
Whale watching tour
Hiking on a path along the coast
Hiking in the mountains
Wine tasting tour
Sea kayaking
Saturday Country Market
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Will your partner join the above activities?
Yes
No
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The art galleries can be done at any time in the week, and are all pretty close to our coworking space. So we could wing that. If anyone would like to do Shark Cage Diving, Horse Riding, or Scuba Diving, please nominate yourself to organize any of these activities.
We also have the team dinner one of the week nights, but let me know if you suggest any other night-time activities (ie. like board games).
Hi @cassie@Ali or whoever might know. During the co-working week, what is the likelihood of having reliable power and Internet service? Also, will there be a space to conduct meetings without disturbing colleagues? Thanks for any response and sorry if this has been communicated previously.
South Africa hasn’t had any power outages in weeks, BUT everyone expects that this is just because today is election day and the ruling party is trying to make us all forget about the years of unreliable power!
That said, both your Airbnb and the co-working space have backup power, so electricity and internet should not be an issue at all.
WRT space for meetings: we have booked out the entire co-working space, and there are separate rooms which could be used for meetings. Hope that helps!
@cassie as you asked, I voted for the activities, however, my participation highly depends on timing. Do you already know when would be the activities?
Hi @cassie, Sorry, I thought I had voted but may have missed a deadline for registration (have been on holiday). I’d still like to go if at all possible to:
Wine tasting
Hiking in the mountains
Hike along the coast
Saturday country market
Thank you!
Douglas
I wanted to give you a run down on how the wine tasting will work:
We’ll use the company Winehoppers to transport us around.
Each vehicle can take 9 people. About 15 of us will be doing the tasting, so we’ll need to split the group. We’ll meet up for lunch.
We can choose to depart at 10am,11am,11:30am or,12pm.
We’ll visit about 5 wine farms if we depart at 10am or 11am and return around 4:30pm from the valley.
We’ll spend about 45 minutes at each wine farm.
We’ll have lunch between 1pm and 2:30pm at one of the following wine farms: La Vierge, Spookfontein, Bosman, Newton Johnson, or Creation. Each person can choose their own meal.
Costs for your own pocket:
Transport: €22 per person
Wine tasting cost: From €4 per tasting
Meal cost: depends on what you choose
@Ali and I are determining the best dates for the tasting
Please thumbs up if you’d still like to participate, or thumbs down if you’re no longer interested…
Could I kindly ask someone to volunteer to organize the whale watching activity? Remember this is for everyone’s own account. You can book directly on the following website
I need to make a booking for our Wine Tasting adventures on Sunday, 7 Jul at 11:30am. As this is for our personal accounts, I’ll make the booking, and add the amount to Splitwise. Please join the Open edX Conference 2024 Splitwise Group so we can start keeping track of our personal expenses
The wine tour has been booked and paid for! I’ve also made a reservation at the following wine farm for lunch for the wine tasters Spookfontein Restaurant
if you’d still like to participate, or thumbs down 
if you’re no longer interested…
