Well it's been an interesting few days since our last post. The weather has taken a turn and we feel almost at home now in the blustery rain that we are currently experiencing (that's what you get when you boast about good weather). We have been busy at Ikhaya and there has been alot of new people that we have met (most of which I can't remember their names).
Our new tempory accomodation at Margy's house is great and we have a wonderful view looking out over the bay and surrounding area. We have had some great meals over the last few days with some of our new friends. Margy is an amazing person and completely random.
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| The view from Margy's garden |
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| Margy's house |
We did some English with the kids on Thursday after a quick game of Rugby between the volunteers and the kids. On Friday our trip to Table Mountain was unfortunately postponed until the 12th of October due to bad weather. This did however mean that there was a whole afternoon free for some fun with the kids and after making 70 hotdogs Nay got all the kids to teach us some of their favourite worship songs. This quickly escalated into a massive sing- along that lasted over 20 minutes with the kids belting out some traditional songs and some of the staff (Noxy, Mhinti and Sytske) dancing. Next week is the last week of the current term and it is being finished off with a Heritige Day celebration that all are invited to join (which should be amusing as Nay is trying to volunteer me to join the Zulu dance). Tomorrow is a bank holiday so Ikhaya is closed and the tradition is to have a braai (BBQ).
Taxis
South African taxis are a unique experience and I'm not talking about the kinds of taxis you get in with your wife and she never gets out. The main safer taxis that are used are small - medium sized mini buses that have set routes. They all cost 8 rand (about 60p) regardless of the distance you travel and are shared by a various number of passengers wishing to go to the same place. They are a great way to get up close and personel with the locals as they don't let a small thing like their being no seats left or your personal space get in the way of letting 20 people in a 14 seater minibus. These cabbies seem to love having random stickers or messages in/on there cabs the best to date are "IN THE OLD DAYS WOMEN USED TO COOK LIKE THEIR MOTHERS - NOW THEY DRINK LIKE THEIR FATHERS" and the funniest was a taxi which had covering the whole rear of the car "THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD SAYS - GIVE UP SMOKING" Still despite the constant amusement that these taxis bring me, they are a good way to get about as long as you don't mind someone sitting on your lap.Payment is made to the driver by passing each person's money forward to whoever is in the front seat and you can trust any change will be given back to you (even if that means negotiating with the person next to you!)
Shopping on Saturday
After yet more fridge moving in the morning, it was inevitable that the day would come that Nay would want to go shopping! Fortunately Sytske (dutch girl from Ikhaya) was on hand to take us around the suberb of Wynberg. The aim of this shopping trip was that we had all decided it would be good to have some authentic outfits (although they were made in China) for Heritage day. It was a busy day and we had a little showing from the sun which made that bit more bearable.
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| Nay and Sytske in their chosen outfits |
Today we enjoyed our first trip to Shoreline church where the Pancaldi family used to go and yet more coffee and cake!
Until next time, that's all folks
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| Joe's house in Margy's garden (Xhosa style) |
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