Well what an eventful couple of days we have had. We left Joberg to go to Polokwane on Wednesday. On the way Lebo (the local girl we had taken with us) got us lost in Pretoria and we ended up in a not so nice place. We were all in hysterics and Lebo was mimicking the way we were asking for directions!
Well we got to Polokwane in the end. It is about 3 hours from Joburg. Donald has already told you some things but there are a few he has left out.
Lebo told us that she wanted us to go to her home and try some traditional African food. We told her that would be very nice thank you. If only we had known. She thought it was so funny to dish us up some Mopani Worms!!! yes you are reading right - WORMS! You will all be so proud of us as we did eat them! Not all of them but some anyway!
Well we got to Polokwane in the end. It is about 3 hours from Joburg. Donald has already told you some things but there are a few he has left out.
Lebo told us that she wanted us to go to her home and try some traditional African food. We told her that would be very nice thank you. If only we had known. She thought it was so funny to dish us up some Mopani Worms!!! yes you are reading right - WORMS! You will all be so proud of us as we did eat them! Not all of them but some anyway!
On the way back to Joburg we were stuck in traffic on an on ramp and we saw a girl in another car with a NZ flag painted on her cheek. We were waving out at her and she realised we were from NZ too and was waving back but was not watching where she was going and nearly hit the car in front of us! It was so funny!
Katie and I have reacted to the anti malaria drug and so we can't take them anymore!I really did feel quite ill, but thankfully Katie didn't get it quite so bad! We will now instead have to bathe with citronella soap and make sure we are very diligent with the insect repellent.
The soccer atmosphere here is just amazing and it really would have been fun to go and watch at least one, but we have been able to watch a few on tv. All the shops are selling all sorts of world cup soccer souvenirs. It is really amazing to see how many people are selling things at the traffic lights (or robots as they are called here). It is a wonder they don't get hit by cars. I don't know if you have heard the sort of horn noises while you have been watching the world cup. These horns are called Vuvuzella. They are very loud and people blow them anywhere - even in their cars and also in the malls!
In Joburg there are electric fences, razor wire and fences with spikes on them all over the place and especially around their homes. Most of the homes we have stayed in also have dogs. There are lots of security guards everywhere even at malls and in carparks. I thought that coming to Johannesburg I would be really scared because of what we see on the news, however I have felt really safe here even when we got lost!
Katie and I have reacted to the anti malaria drug and so we can't take them anymore!I really did feel quite ill, but thankfully Katie didn't get it quite so bad! We will now instead have to bathe with citronella soap and make sure we are very diligent with the insect repellent.
The soccer atmosphere here is just amazing and it really would have been fun to go and watch at least one, but we have been able to watch a few on tv. All the shops are selling all sorts of world cup soccer souvenirs. It is really amazing to see how many people are selling things at the traffic lights (or robots as they are called here). It is a wonder they don't get hit by cars. I don't know if you have heard the sort of horn noises while you have been watching the world cup. These horns are called Vuvuzella. They are very loud and people blow them anywhere - even in their cars and also in the malls!
In Joburg there are electric fences, razor wire and fences with spikes on them all over the place and especially around their homes. Most of the homes we have stayed in also have dogs. There are lots of security guards everywhere even at malls and in carparks. I thought that coming to Johannesburg I would be really scared because of what we see on the news, however I have felt really safe here even when we got lost!
We are not sure when we will be able to get internet connections from tomorrow so am unsure when we will be able to update the blog. Catch you later - Gwen
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