This is Africa.

We have come up with a saying here, it is "This is Africa." Like, you waited in line for an hour to do something? Well duh, this is Africa. You waited an hour to get your drinks at a restaurant, an hour to get your food, an half an hour for the check? This is Africa. Haha, it is really all encompassing because the culture is just so different here, and its wonderful.

The restaurant thing is the funniest one, you really have to premeditate your hunger, because if you go to a restaurant hungry, you will be STARVING by the time you actually get your food, they are on Africa time and no one is in a hurry to do anything.

Interesting things about South Africa:
-so there are cabs and buses but there are these things called mini buses, and it is someone's job to stick their body half way out of the window, whistle at people and ask where they are going so its kind of like a cab. But you'll be walking down the street hearing whistles out of everywhere. And they only cost like 5 or 6 rand which is less than a dollar.

-The accents are awesome, I dont even know what to compare it to, but we still get lost in translation even though we're all speaking English. They say "howsit bru" as a greeting, which is awesome.

- we will be registering for our classes ON PAPER. This will be interesting to say the least and I'm sure I'll have horror stories to tell when that happens.

-There is actually a language down here with clicking sounds in it. This is an interesting ignorant American phenomenon to think that the language is all clicks, but there are definitely clicks. It is called isiXhosa, or Xhosa, and the click is right where the X is. Listening to it is awesome, trying it is like the hardest thing ever.

Thats all I got for now, and I will for sure have more as I get to know this place better and better. New friends :)