I was here today and it was the most beautiful place I’ve ever been

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This B&B has wireless!

I’ve done so much since the last time I’ve written so I’ll just give you some of the highlights.

 

I went to the hospital…. so that was fun. While staying at a B&B in Kokstaad I contracted some sort of bacterial infection (the doctor’s best guess). I was feverish all night and had stomach problems. When I got to the small local hospital the doctor told me I had a BP of around 80/40 and ~102 fever (this was when I was feeling better too). They put me on a IV drip for dehydration, and gave me a shot, a pill, and two medicines with the IV and I was there for 6 hours.

The group had to go on the next location of Mthatha so I had to stay behind with Pat (the incredibly kind owner of the BnB) and John had to come back and get me the next day. I was very lucky I got sick on the last day there because Mthatha is far more rural and I wouldn’t have gotten good medical care.

One of my favorite days so far was when we were staying at Peacehaven (Pat’s) Bnb and drove out to a nearby rural school. We hung out with the kids the day before and then we came back to paint it. The rural schools especially are in such bad shape. We got to come in and paint in the outside of two whole buildings and then paint murals on them and decorate the inside of a kindergarten classroom too. It was a physically exhausting day but absolutely worth it and so rewarding.

I’m feeling better now….and I’m going bungy jumping off of the world’s highest bungy location tomorrow because I AM CERTIFIABLY INSANE. I can’t believe I’m doing it, wish me luck and send me some extra courage. We’re also ziplining tomorrow…so quite the adventuresome day headed my way.

here’s where I’ll be: http://www.faceadrenalin.com/

 

I have plenty more stories but these are just a few I could jot down before I get in trouble for stealing my GAs computer.

 

Love you guys!

Internet cafes are silly

Oh my goodness, well I am going to need to come back tomorrow and write because I just finished sifting through my emails and facebook and I have 9 minutes out of an hour left.

I miss all of you at home. But, I’m having so much fun.

Oh no, 8 minutes.

I swam in the Indian Ocean on Sunday. I went to an HIV/AIDS orphanage on Saturday which was sad and amazing all at the same time. I got to visit the largest mosque in the Southern Hemisphere. My flat overlooks the Indian Ocean and I’m going to watch the sun rise over it sometime this week. I went to a school for the deaf yesterday which was super cool. I went to a township high school today in the poorer area of town which ahd ~50 students per classroom. Driving from Pretoria to Durban was gorgeous.

Oh no 4 minutes and I have to check my bank statement.  I promise I’ll start from the beginning tomorrow!

Hello from Pretoria!

I’m going to make this quick because I don’t have much time left at the internet cafe (I promise I will sit down and do a full report soon).

On the first day, my camera go pickpocketed even though my prof even said I did everything correctly and cautiously. The whole group was very supportive and nice and my professor was especially amazing. Its almost a joke now haha I will give a full report later and please don’t be worried about me.

Just a preview of how awesome (and exhausting) this program is I’ll tell you about today. I woke up at 7am to go to the supermarket then went to two lectures from 830-~12. Then I had 45 minutes for lunch and then we got into the car and got lost driving to the election headquarters for the nation because it is national municipal elections today. We met with an MSU alum who is a top political analyst and he took us all around the headquarters then gave us a talk about the politics.

During our tour I met the Secretary General of the ANC Party (Gwede Mantashe) who is the 3rd in command of South Africa along with so many other ‘big deal’ people. I was also interviewed for a radio show talking about the differences between American elections and South African ones.

Everyone in South Africa is shockingly, spectacularly nice (aside from that one thief) and I am loving it.

🙂 –I didn’t have time to spell check or read this so I hope it makes sense

Hello from the Marriott

Upon strict instructions from mama, I am posting another post tonight.

Dad and I each had a huge dinner, split an appetizer and got four drinks at Wheat & Rye and it cost $27.00. Then we ordered three drinks at the hotel bar and it cost $28.00. Wheat &Rye was clearly the better deal.

I leave tomorrow at 4:00pm and will officially be without my own phone or computer for 5 weeks. Hopefully I don’t go through withdrawals.

I swear I’ll have fun stuff to post once I’m actually on my adventure 🙂

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