The past few days have been full of meetings, and it was nice to have a weekend of rest. People here are so warm and welcoming, and I feel really blessed to be here!
On Saturday, I spent the morning at the beach and the afternoon with the advocacy coordinator. We drove along the coast and visited the largest mall in the Southern hemisphere. Then we went to the playhouse to see a play about a South African family during the unraveling of the apartheid era.
I don't know where to begin when it comes to this apartheid business so I think I won't begin. It's so upsetting!
Then on Sunday the owner of the b&b I'm staying at took me around town. She took me to meet some of her family members in the outlying townships. Then I had my first taste of South African McDonalds. Very mayonnaise-y but pretty much the same.
Durban is an interesting city...surprisingly similar to California in climate and infrastructure. It was beautiful this weekend- a nice change from the wet week. It was raining for days, which left parts of the city in ruins because of flooding.
(Thursday night I stayed at a hotel because my NGO was having a conference there. We had no electricity for the bulk of our time there, and no running water for our entire stay. Aside from the fact that it had a gorgeous ocean view, it was one of the seediest hotels I've ever stayed in. Haha.)
I leave Durban tomorrow. I'll let you know how Port Elizabeth is!
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