The Crew

Y'all will be happy to hear that despite the strange undertones of life in South Africa, I have made wonderful friends here with the other American, international and local students who live in Annie's Cove or nearby. These people are hilarious, sarcastic as hell, beach-loving, get-groovin kinda folks so I fit in perfectly. It's been hot as hell here with the occassional wind that will knock you on your ass (I'm not kidding) so my first experiences with the Indian Ocean have been awesome. The water is teal, the sand white and the sun glorious. It's been about 30 or so degrees here (that's 90ish for us Yanks) and yes, I have nice lobster glow goin on. Even my feet are sunburnt. The days here start early and end late here. Climatizing to a new habitat has taken many morning trips to Greenacres for bedding, Spars for food and beer and School to orientate myself on its rediculous campus. Get this: the university is on a wildlife reserve so monkeys are can be spotted daily on your way to and from class. But beware, they bite...hard. It's basically a bunch of pretty brick buildings in the middle of a jungle. How appropriate, huh? The afternoons are spent rewarding myself with copious amounts of sunscreen and plentiful wave jumping. The evenings are a continuation of celebration with Bree's (South African BBQ), beers and dancing at various spots downtown. I keep waiting for someone to wake me up. The most absurd thing is while the rest of the international students stay in this little village of apartment dorms which are nice, I received a room in a LARGE house just a block away. I will be living here with 6 Germans, 3 girls, 3 guys and 2 of which I've met: Elmar and Christophe. They're histerical. My room is lovely with a big closet (whoop, whoop!) and located right next to the enormous back yard where we Bree and play poker. Tonight I played with 13 men as the only female (7 German, 5 South African and 1 American) and was one of the lst 4 standing...pure luck I tell you! Pray that I get just as lucky trying to find a bike so I don't have to walk everywhere.