Kayamandi

Today we took a walking tour of Kayamandi. Kayamandi is a township just outside of Stellenbosch. The tour showed us the reality of most peoples lives in South Africa. There are about 40,000 people living in the township that is no bigger than 3 square miles. Most of the town is shanty houses with no sewage system or electricity. This was a very interesting and shocking moment for all of us. The most interesting thing I noticed on the tour is how friendly and happy everyone living in the town seems to be. I love the mindset that all of the inhabitants of the town have because it seems as though happiness is not based around your house, or car, or personal possessions. Happiness is a choice of each person. This was something that I needed to see, and I feel that every person should see how the people of the village live and how the react to their situation. The rest of today I will be doing some shopping (if I can get charlevoix state bank to let me take my money!!!!!) and then going to a rugby game later tonight. I hope all is well for everyone reading my blog and I promise I will update more frequently!