Once again, Cindy picked us up bright and early to take us to “1000 Hills” It’s a beautiful outlook about an hour away with rolling hills, valleys and streams. Afterwards, we went to a “Crocodile Farm and Zulu Village” which was pretty much just a huge tourist attraction. We ate crocodile meat for lunch and returned to Pburg.
We met up with our friend, Sipho, from the dorm who invited us to his township to meet his sister. To get there we took a “Khombi” - they’re large vans that local South Africans ride, and they play VERY loud “house music” (a lot like techno). The routes aren’t planned out, so you pretty much have to jump on one and pray that the driver will be nice enough to drop you off where you want to go. After transferring through many different Khombi’s, and having no idea where I was, we finally arrived at Township 18 and walked to Siphos sister’s house. Their home was very beautifully decorated with wooden carvings of Animals, and his sister was extremely welcoming. On our way back we stopped at Township 18’s local “clubhouse” to have a braii. A lot of people were giving us weird looks, and Sipho later told us that we were the first white people in the history of Township 18 to visit, and that’s why people acted taken aback and a little weirded out that we were there. It was definitely a great cultural expierence, and also nice to get away from the city for awhile.
We met up with our friend, Sipho, from the dorm who invited us to his township to meet his sister. To get there we took a “Khombi” - they’re large vans that local South Africans ride, and they play VERY loud “house music” (a lot like techno). The routes aren’t planned out, so you pretty much have to jump on one and pray that the driver will be nice enough to drop you off where you want to go. After transferring through many different Khombi’s, and having no idea where I was, we finally arrived at Township 18 and walked to Siphos sister’s house. Their home was very beautifully decorated with wooden carvings of Animals, and his sister was extremely welcoming. On our way back we stopped at Township 18’s local “clubhouse” to have a braii. A lot of people were giving us weird looks, and Sipho later told us that we were the first white people in the history of Township 18 to visit, and that’s why people acted taken aback and a little weirded out that we were there. It was definitely a great cultural expierence, and also nice to get away from the city for awhile.
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