Well Christmas has come and gone and although I am away from home I was lucky enough to be able to spend it with my great friends.
Went down to Nkambeni where many Bushwise students, Suzie, Ruth, KC, Dario, Katie, and Chris went for placement. It was great to see everyone and where they work. I arrived Christmas Eve to a scorching temperature of 48˚C; luckily I drove down in an air-conditioned car. We spent Christmas Eve catching up around a Bon fire drinking nice cold cider and listening to some Christmas tunes. One of the local guys taught us how the locals dance, very similar to 2 stepping but with more shuffling of your feet, KC said it looks a lot like your wind surfing and I have to agree. Christmas day was spent by the pool after a nice big breakfast. For dinner the lodge put on a big feast for us with some very tender ham in a creamy mustard sauce, roast potatoes and homemade tarts for dessert it was so good! They brought in some carolers to sing some local Christmas songs and decorated the lodge in tons of lights and candles. Even with all the decorations and food it still did not seem like Christmas. It’s hard to believe its Christmas when it’s hot and you haven’t had to do any Christmas shopping and there is no snow which is good when you can’t be home for Christmas because it is just like your not missing it.
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