The Weekend Begins.

With no classes on Fridays means that my week starts on Thursday at about 10am. Today we are heading to Greenacres which is similar to a Walmart. I haven’t been there yet, but I guess they have everything that you need there. Some people are going to buy bikes, but on my list of things to get is a mirror. The only mirror I have is about 3x3 in the bathroom. It is weird because since I have been here I have been dressing up, but haven’t been able to do my hair once. I didn’t bring any straighteners or blowdryers because I was told that they would fry because of the voltage here. I also haven’t bought one yet because I would rather spend the money elsewhere. I have been contemplating getting my hair cut short. It has taken my hair about 3 years to reach the length it is now and I don’t know if I can just throw that out the door. Well I ended up getting a bike. I bought it for about 1000 Rand or about 150 dollars and I will be able to sell it back at the end of the term for a descent amount of money. Pang, basically our taxi driver, took us to get the bikes. We literally drove all over PE and even down into central which is a very busy and chaotic area. The streets are lined with people walking and pawn shops. Mini buses were stopped in the middle of the road for cigarette breaks and Pang would just miss cars because that is how everyone drives here. We went to the first pawn shop and they tried to sell us these two bikes for R450 each, but the breaks didn’t work and they looked as if they would fall apart if moved from their current position. The second place we went actually had some nice second hand bikes, but they were extremely expensive so the group I was with (Scott, Gregor, and Helmuth) decided to go to one of the nicer bike shops more towards campus where we all bought the models that were on sale. I am so happy that I won’t have to leave an hour before class anymore just to get there on time and going to the beach now won’t be such a pain. After we got done at the bike shop we had Pang drop us off at the boardwalk so we could get something to eat. I ordered ostrich. I don’t know what I thought it was going to look like (maybe like chicken), but when it arrived it looked just like a steak. It also tasted similar to a steak although maybe a tad bit tougher. Apparently the game meat is suppose to be very good here, and I would like to try as much of it as I can while I am here. I suppose that is all! Cheers!

Ps. I want to apologize for not including any pictures recently. My camera has died on me and won't charge. My parents are sending me a new one via UPS (not FedEx) so I should have it in a few weeks! I would have boughten one here, but they are extremely expensive and the plugs wouldn't match up when I head back home with it!