Hello All,
It is officially the end of our first week in Africa! We are having a lot of fun learning about African culture and meeting South Africans. I think a lot of our stereotypes about South Africa are being challenged. One of our speakers the other day joked about how when people come to Africa they expect people to be wearing loinclothes and holding spears. He meant this jokingly but I think that wildness is something that we as Americans expect upon arrival, and while there are many wild animals around, baboons for example, Cape Town is also much like a modern day American or European city.
Tommorow we are spending the night in a small township, most of the houses are just small shacks. I think that this will really challenge some of us and teach us a lot about the other side of life here in poverty stricken Africa. Alright I'm off!!

Emily

ps. Check out the way cool pictures that people have posted