E-Day

Hey everyone,
Few things have happened since coming back from Spring Break. Here's the run down

1. Last weekend we stayed on the frontier with two Afrikanner farm families. Let's just say it was definitley not a Professor Gary Prevost organized excursion (it was planned by NMMU). We basically spent the weekend on a farm. We got there mid day Friday and we all got to ride horses, and milk cows...we may well have been in Stearns county. We also went for a few game drives in their bakkies (basically a suped up pickup). We all got to ride in the back, which was outfitted with bars to hold on to and stand up. It was a lot of fun.

The families were the stereotypical rich, white farmer families, but they were extremely good hosts. We ate well (we had steak) and they were very welcoming. We also saw the main guy's trophy room. It was CRAZY. He had a head mount of a giraffe. It basically went from the floor to the ceiling. This as well as every other game mammal in SA and Africa. It was cool to experience a different culture for a weekend.

2. ELECTION DAY! We didn't see much election stuff happening because we weren't on campus during the day, but reading about the voting was cool. They had close to 80% turnout. Even though Jacob Zuma won, its good to see that this country can still have peaceful elections.

3. I'm going deep sea fishing this weekend. It's basically all the guys heading out on Saturday. We get to keep whatever we catch and the guy cleans it for us. We'll see if the spirit of Uncle John can help me out. I'll post a pic of whatever I get...

4. I have a 16 page paper due Monday!

Oh well, I have less than a month and I going to take in every moment I can.
Stay Lekka,
Nick