Today we drove on our epic journey to Durban! The drive was about 7 hours, but I was so tired that I was able to sleep at least half of it, if not more. It was absolutely beautiful, and we kept saying how it looked like it was right out of the Lion King. No lions, but we did see an ostrich! I'll post pictures in a few days once I get them uploaded on my computer.
We arrived in Durban around 4pm, and were able to walk down to the beach by a giant seaworld-type theme park called uShaka. The beach is gorgeous, we'll definitely be spending a lot of time there this semester. After, we got some dinner and headed back to our backpacking hostel, called the Happy Hippo. It's very cute and has showers that aren't scalding hot!
We took our first mini Zulu lesson this morning... so far it's not too bad! But we haven't gotten into the clicks yet.... Some of the words we learned: Sawubona (hello), ungani (how are you), yebo (yes or good), ngilaphila (goodbye). Theres a few more that I don't remember... but we have our first official lesson tomorrow!
We're at the Happy Hippo until Wednesday, and the wireless is pretty cheap, so I'll update a few more days until we start our homestays :)
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