Our first and second nights were spent in a backpackers right on the beach. We stayed in Buffalo Bay. It was beautiful there.
Enjoy the photos. I have been at the computer all day loading pictures - and it is time for me to sign off. I need to get away from my desk for a bit. There are many more postings to come as the Garden Route Trip was about a ten day trip.
Over the holidays for Stellenbosch University our AIFS group went on a week's journey to different places on the famous Garden Route east coast of South Africa. Our first day was an early departure at 4:45AM. Our first stop (besides the petrol stations) was an ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
There was also an option to ride an ostrich, but no thank you. Some of the kids in our group did though. Enjoy the video.
The men that helped people ride the ostriches were also avid riders... here is how they ride:
After all the fun at the ostrich farm, our next stop was the Cango Caves.
It was hard to take pictures inside the caves, but I did take a little bit of video... although, it doesn't do the caves justice.
This will probably not be a very long post, but it will have some cool sites for you followers to visit.
The beginning of the week... which is now last week (Feb. 21st - 27th) was just a plain week. Nothing too much to report - just classes and laying low in my flat. Sometimes its nice just to hang out at home and take it easy. Sometimes I feel like everything needs to get done now and I need to pack everything in - but then I have to slow down and realize, 'Hey, you will be here until June, slow down!' So, the beginning of the week was a take it easy week.
On Sunday the 27th my international group went on a trip together up to Kirstenbosch, which is a botanical garden area. Really beautiful. We went up there to attend a concert which featured one of South Africa's most prominent bands. They are called Prime Circle. The concert was outdoors and it was basically like a big picnic day. The atmosphere was very laid back.
In case you are wondering what Prime Circle sounds like, you can listen here:
Then, to start this week off, I went to the beach today (March 1st). I don't have classes on Monday. The beach is awesome. I took the train with one of my friends here - which was an adventure in itself. I am including just a picture of the beach I went to. It's name is Strand Beach.
The week started off wonderful - and now its back to classes! Afrikaans in the morning and an English film study class in the afternoon for tomorrow. My Wednesday class consists of South African History. Thursdays include just a morning class of Afrikaans, and Friday is a sociology class called Negotiating Transitions.
