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New word of the day: Eish! From what I understand it is a Zulu word that is simply an expression used to describe just about any emotion - frustration, surprise, sadness, happyness... it is also a substitution for most profanities...
We spent the day today touring around Soweto - or 'south western township'. Just as a bit of background information, during the apartheid era, the non-white population was shipped out into these townships that were created in the outskirts of Johannesburg. Soweto is the largest and most famous of these (it is where both Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu grew up). The area can be quite dangerous, so we went with a tour guide who picked us up at the house where we are staying. The tour was quite eye-opening as the poverty is astounding. We ate a buffet lunch at a restaurant there and tasted some of the traditional food. The tour guide - who lives in Soweto - also told us some of the local slang... they call the taxi's 'moving coffins' because most of them are not very safe! The whole experience reminded me a bit of my trip to Egypt a few years ago... everyone
The day care
30 kids stay in this shack (smaller than my bedroom at home) during the day.was trying to sell you something.
Yesterday, Rob's uncle Rod took us around town a bit and showed us where Rob's dad grew up. We also ate lunch at their country club - which was beautiful.
The weather here is quite nice... cool in the morning, but warm in the sun at midday.
Tomorrow we are heading to Cape Town to stay with Rob's uncle Doug.
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