Blogs from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 10

Hoezit! We’ve made it to the Indian ocean! hey hey! just a quck apology for the lack of any continuity here!!! i write this every coule of nights or so, so i'm always talking in the present or refering to yesterday, but by the time i've actually got it published its all ages ago!!! sorry! Hello again guys, hope you are all well. I’ll catch you up with the last few days! The next day in Drakensburg was our last full day and still somewhat pleased with my mountain climbing achievements I bought a map of the local area and spent the morning trying to convince Rebecca to come for a little hike along a river. It must have been about 3pm when she finally agreed. We were back in the bar for half past! Ha! ... read more

Erst mal das Neueste zur Uni: Haben endlich unsere Kurse fertig ausgewählt und gehen seid 2 Wochen tapfer hin. Ist ziemlich anders als in Deutschland, woran man sich erst mal gewöhnen muss. Ich belege hier insgesamt 4 Fächer, leider eins weniger als ursprünglich geplant, da die FH keine weiteren Fächer anerkannt hat. Da das Semester hier in 2 Terms aufgegliedert ist, haben wir Fächer die entweder das ganze Semester oder nur in einem der beiden Terms angeboten werden. Deswegen habe ich in Term 1 nur 2 Fächer und somit Montags, Mittwochs und Freitags keine Vorlesungen und in Term 2 habe ich „nur noch“ Donnerstags frei. Ganz schön viel Freizeit haben wir uns gedacht, so dass wir uns noch zu einem Kurs namens Community Social Learning angemeldet haben. Hierbei handelt es sich um ein Jugendzentrum was vor ... read more

We get in to PE at 7am on the Sunday morning, we seem to keep waking people at this time on Sundays... sorry anyone afflicted... After a well deserved sleep we have our first braii in SA, BBQ on wood embers just so you know. Magic have been waiting for that. At last we get a few days of peace where we have nothing to do and we recharge the batteries. Well deserved and ready to go. We hit Addo Game Reserve today for my birthday (pics to follow, sorry). Then Maeve takes me out for the best steak money can buy at a ridiculas price. I was going to post the receipt but thought it bad. Follow up with a few drinks with some PE friends, as per usual... Another braii on Thursday, what can ... read more

Here is my final post from Port Elizabeth. On Monday I leave for Cape Town and then London (and most likely cloudier skies, unfortunately. Today is the first overcast day since the 4th of July). I am a bit sad to leave, to be honest. The Birkholtzes have made me feel very much like family and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in South Africa. It is quite amazing to think of all the things I've done and seen since I've been here. Alas, I must move on. Today is Women's Day so we got free scones and flowers with our breakfast. Tonight we are going to sample some Vetkoek at Wendy-Lee's friend's place (a South African specialty) and tomorrow is a goodbye braai. I have definitely never been hungry during my stay here. I'll keep ... read more

Greetings once again! Wendy-Lee, her parents and I have just returned from a little road trip down the coast. It was absolutely gorgeous! There were dozens of places at which I wouldn't have minded stopping off for a few days. Our first stop was at a town called Oudshoorn, where we visited the largest caves in Africa (the Cango Caves) and an ostrich farm. Needless to say, I decided to ride an ostrich at the farm. Actually, Wendy-Lee and I were the only two in our group that were crazy enough to try it. It was a little out of control, although two farm workers were holding on to the ostrich the whole time. I am proud to say that I didn't fall off and was able to ride longer than Wendy-Lee! Who knew I was ... read more