Firstly and most importantly, I SAW MONKEYS on our drive to school today!!!! We passed too quickly to take a photo, though!!! SOOO amazing!!! (And what a hilly ride it is...sort of like a rollercoaster)
Today we went to class and had our first lecture on AIDS. It was okay, but I was so tired that I concentrated on finishing the presentation without falling asleep instead. It gets so hot and stuffy in the classroom that you can easily slip into a doze. That’s the bizarre thing about the weather here: It gets warm during the day, to 32 degrees Celsius with humidex, and it still feels too cool to remove your sweater. Then at sundown, the temperature drops dramatically to sweater and long pant weather. It never stops being damp, to the point where none of the bathing suits or towels ever dry no matter where we have hung them. The night is very cool because the covers and bed and pyjamas are damp and cool. While people in the group dorm experience this problem, I would imagine that it is much worse for Marion and I since our cabin is partway underground.
Today we went to class and had our first lecture on AIDS. It was okay, but I was so tired that I concentrated on finishing the presentation without falling asleep instead. It gets so hot and stuffy in the classroom that you can easily slip into a doze. That’s the bizarre thing about the weather here: It gets warm during the day, to 32 degrees Celsius with humidex, and it still feels too cool to remove your sweater. Then at sundown, the temperature drops dramatically to sweater and long pant weather. It never stops being damp, to the point where none of the bathing suits or towels ever dry no matter where we have hung them. The night is very cool because the covers and bed and pyjamas are damp and cool. While people in the group dorm experience this problem, I would imagine that it is much worse for Marion and I since our cabin is partway underground.
We had chicken roti on campus for lunch, but there were bones cooked in it! Then we did a tour of the library, and we got free water bottles with the UKZN logo on it and pens. It was really nice to get free souvenirs of our time there. The librarian told us that people here are miserable in the winter because though it never gets below 10 degrees Celsius, there is around one week where a cold wind from the Drakensberg mountain range blows through and their doors and windows are not sealed, nor are their homes equipped with heating.
Tonight we went out for dinner again at the House of Curries on Florida Road with Susanne and had a few drinks. It was delicious, but I couldn’t finish my meal, nor did I have the energy to dress to the nines. We had a great time, though! Then we came back and tried pronouncing “Xhosa”, which involves a tongue click, which is extremely difficult to master as someone who has never made that sound previously.
Gotta get my readings done and try calling home again in a bit!
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