Living History

If you spoke with me before I left yu may remember my hope that I
would be living in a grass hut. It seems I have come as close to that
as possible! Today I moved into my very own rondavel. Until I can
get some internet to post some pictures (I am once again relegated to
using my kindle) here is a brief description. My rondavel is a
circular concrete/mud-ish structure about 24ft across with a vaulted
thatch roof. No electricity so I am now dependent om parafin and
candles. What is even better than my abode is where it is. I am in
the historic region of Isandlwana. For more info look up Battle of
Isandlwana on wikipedia. The landscape is full of wandering plateaus
and valleys that seem to go on forever...

Now A PCV!!

Hey everyone, yesterday was swearing in! I am now officially a Peace
Corps Volunteer! Very exciting, right after the ceremony the KZNers
hopped in vans and headed to our supervisors workshops near St Lucia.
We will be here till Sunday when we goto site! Here are a couple
pictures from swearing in. The last one is me with two of the LCFs,
Nonjabulo on the left and my LCF Sebenzile on the right

Game Drive!

Last week we spent the day at a game park, there was not a whole lot to
see until the end when we saw a herd of giraffes!

Wheels in motion!

Things have been moving very quickly recently. Yesterday we were informed that swearing in is set for Thursday and we will move to site immediately afterwards. It has been a long time coming but at the same it seems time has just sped by since moving to homestays. There are about 20 of us that are going to KZN in the next week. I cannot wait to see my site. I am excited about living in a rondavel off the grid. I will be moving back into an internet blackzone for the next couple weeks until I get my new phone so I will try to update everytime I get the opportunity but it may be awhile. At the least I hope to get some pictures up from swearing in. I also went on my first game drive yesterday! It was pretty incredible, hopefully Ill get some pics of that up soon.

VIDEOS!

Hey I got online tonight and all of a sudden there is a 3G connection so I took the opportunity to upload some videos! They are not all that new, in fact I think they are both more than 6 weeks old but the content is still relevant.

Mmmm, Springbok!

Mmmm, springbok ribs!

Cookin in Phaahla!

Baregile delivered our groceries today from Peace Corps so I took the opportunity to cook dinner for my two sisters and nephew. I made latkes, macaroni in a white sauce with tomatoes, and this canned fish stuff. They LOVED it! Here's an action shot!