Durban!

The last couple of days have been quite exciting. Since My arrival in Durban things have been pretty jam packed. We go into our hostel on monday, the happy hippo, and went exploring (not very far tho, it was dark). Myself and a couple of others ended up at a chinese restaurant in a touristy mall by the waterfront. There was a sign for 50% off sushi, and who can pass that up? We ended up getting a 40 piece platter, which was loaded with none to fresh sushi, coated in wasabi. Afterwards we all felt pretty sick, and headed back to the hostel.

Yesterday we had our first day of “school” we had a two hour zulu lesson from 8-10, then a class about study methods. After that we were sent on missions around Durban, we were dropped off in various places and told to find our way to the destination by asking south Africans and practicing our Zulu. I was paired up with anne marie, and we were sent to find a mall. It was pretty easy, we were in the same neighborhood that the SIT house is in, and only had to ask for directions a couple of times. The mall was open air, and we had lunch at a place called comics run by an old dutch couple. I asked and the old man recommended the “bunny chow”. I thought that there might be rabbit involved, but it was a half loaf of white bread with the center cut out and filled instead with curry. It was delicious, and is called bunny chow because to eat it, you have to hold it in both hands and nibble around the edges like a bunny =).

We got back to the house and debriefed, and then headed to the hostel for the night.

Today we had a zulu lesson and our other class, and were supposed to have a doctor come and talk to us, but there has been a flu outbreak, so we went to the mall. I got some flops and some school supplies, and ended up getting left behind with my friend Ujin. We are now back at the SIT House, and about to head to our homestays!!!!