19.11.2018

19.11.2018 first day in South Africa

At 4 in the morning I woke up, 2 of the bus staff were next to me and the upper part of the bus was empty.

I was very tired and confused so I removed my headphones and looked at them: 'what?'
'Boder, sir, water!' I did not understand him very well but then the other said: 'passport! Passport!'

So we were at the border and everybody got out to show their passport.

I was worried a bit because I was still not just travelling but volunteering and I had problems thinking straight at the moment.

But the very very beautiful lady at the check in was so tired and pissed off that she just took my passport made a stamp in it without looking and took the immigration form.

Back in the bus I was just going to lay back to sleep when the bus stopped again and everybody got out again. There was a second control where we had to show our passport then one of the bus staff collected all of them. I had no idea why I just gave my passport to that bus guy but when I got out of the building the bus was gone.

The bus was standing a few meters further away. The back was open and all our luggage was outside, now we had to ooen our bags and police officers controlled what was in it. I was not to worried.....oh I do have a knife with me......and some elephant teeth I found at the naankuse farm.....fuck.

My bag got controlled, I had to open it and the police man started searching through it. Though only 1 of the 7 compartments and so he didnt find anything.

That could have gone very wrong I thought while putting my bag back in the trailor. Half asleep I stood outside waiting until they came back with our passports and handed them out.

Now back in the bus I waited with going to sleep for a bit until I was sure there were no more controls.

Next time I woke up we were at our next stop. It was 10:00 in the morning and here we stopped to buy some breakfast. There were no fruits or slices of ham or cheese so I bought some muffins and sandwiches with orange juice.
The orange juice was pretty weird but the rest was okay.

At 13:00 we arrived our destination, I wasnt sure if everything was going to work out though when I left the bus there was aleady a lady standing there with my name on a board. So that all went fine.

'Zurita' brought me to my hostel and told me how things were gonna go tomorrow. At 5 'craig' the taxi man would bring me to the bus stop and with the bus I would drive to the George stop where the only 2 other volunteers will pick me up.

The hostel was pretty nice and in the middle of the city. Capetown is pretty busy and a big city though I have seen larger ones during my travels💁.

I spent some time there and then started to walk around. I was hungry but didnt really know for what, I have had enough from burgers and pizza for a bit even though its been a while since I had them. Maybe some pasta.... But then I found it.....=R I B S=

Yes some fine ribs like in hong kong would be pretty nice. So I went in and ordered some with sweet potato fries, onion rings and ice tea. And just after a short while I had a beautiful meal infront of me. The fries and onion rings were good but the ribs oh my lord.
I thought Liesbeth Donken herself was in the kitchen preparing them. They were absolutely amazing and I wish I went for the 600g and not just the 300g size.

After some dessert I went back to the hostel. It was the first restaurant were I gave a tip. For everything I payed 265$ which is about 16€!!!! That is nothing!

Definitely going to go back there when I am done with the project.

In the hostel I decided to take a much needed shower, I entered my room and quickly checked if there is nobody around. Then I let out a fart that impressed all 7 gods of foul and disgust, worthy to the son if satan and was strong enough to knock out a dozen men at once. Then I saw some movement and suddenly realized that there was a girl in the room under the bed sheets.

I quickly opened the window and grabbed my things for the shower as fast as possible. Thankfully I am only staying here one night.

I quickly checked in with my parents and then wet to bed. Tomorrow I will probably be offline for another 3 weeks. So see ya👋