myleslong - Observations and thoughts about SA.

Just a few thoughts that popped into my head over the first week or so here in Nelspruit, SA.

--- The Beautiful Mountains all around.

(Driving here is so amazing because everywhere you look your surrounded by mountains.)

--- The Accents.

(Everyone here speaks English but they all have sweet accents. 1st, the Afrikans which sounds almost dutch. 2nd, the British. 3rd the Saswati. 4th the Tsonga/ Shangaan.)

--- They drive really well

(Compaired to Mexico)

--- The cars

(Everything is right hand drive, the drive on the left side of the road, half of the cars here are early 90's Volkswagen Golfs, I've seen maybe 5 cars with V8's since I've been here, everything is either front wheel drive of a jeep/ land cruser.

--- The World Cup

(Its everywhere! They built a stadium in Nelspruit. You can't go anywhere without hearing people talk about it.)

--- The Women have amazing balance

(They really do carry lots of stuff on their heads)

--- Nothing's on time

(Its not uncommon for someone to tell you they will be there at 10 and be 3+ hours late.)

--- Prostitution

(South Africa legalized prostitution for the extent of the games)

--- Shorts

(Old white guys wear short shorts, and young black guys wear capris. I wear both)

--- Christmas

(Its hot outside)

--- Prayer

(If you don't seek God everyday you will get so worn out. There is just alot of spiritual warfare going on in this continent)

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