Field Trip, #2!

Oh, International Communication how crazy you are.

This weekend my Inter. Comm. teacher decided to have us go on a "field trip" (more like a weekend vacation) in order to see more of the Indian culture. The plan was to go to the beach, visit a heavily populated Indian city, have dinner with Indian teenagers and go to an Indian church.

The drive that I thought was supposed to be 45 minutes took us about 5 hours! We stopped multiple times, a car broke down, and other stuff that I don't even understand haha. When we got to the place we were staying a lot of people were super relieved. It was pretty rad though. We split into groups of about five people and we all got our own "cabins." Ours was Amazing. It had a little kitchen and then a bunch of beds in the living room, and it also had one bedroom with a double bed and a sweet bathroom! Cabin #11


THE SHOWER WAS SO COOL! Similar to the one I showed some you guys on one of the episodes of The Price is Right I watched...BUT look at IT!!! Sweet SHOWER! Def. going to get one of these when I'm older...You can listen to the radio, talk on the phone, get a massage, or just pretend to teleport, awesome.



The guys in my room, Eli, Jake, Tony, Brett and ME, ended up sleeping in til about 8:30, so nice! Then we ended up getting breakfast and then got ready to head into that Indian Town. We walked up and down the streets just checking things out and most of us got Ice Cream from the gas station. It was sooo hot! Hello Durban Beach!


Then we went back to our cabin place and got ready for the beach! Finally, something on my list of to-do's while in Africa! Go into the Indian Ocean. BUT, I also realized that later on we'll be on the other side of South Africa so I also added the Atlantic to the list. Both of these oceans I've never actually been in before.

In the Indian Ocean!!!!!!!!!

We got into the ocean, played a game of soccer, but then myself and a few others had to leave because we were on cooking duty for the night. I was able to become a real man though because Eli and I both barbecued for the first time from beginning to end. Definitely a right of passage. . We made chicken, pork and then these South African sausages. We barbecued for a group of about 80 because some Indian teenagers were our guests! We played some random games with them and hung out for the evening.

The next day, we had to wake up at 6:30 because we had to go to an Indian church to learn more about their culture and we also had to eat breakfast before. Of course, the church I went to had no air conditioning and it felt like you were inside of a volcano. It was a good experience though and I really enjoyed watching them during their church service. All of the children were on stage dancing and it was a lot of fun. When it was over we went over to someone's house and they made an Indian meal for a bunch of us. It was authentic Indian food and it had WAY MORE flavor then those things at Trader Joe's.

Then, we went back to our Cabin's and had to pack up. Kind of sad to leave because my temp. roommates and I had a ton of fun, but we were also ready to get back to our real home. Def. a long weekend and a bunch of us were burnt out.

On the way home I got to have a lovely talk with Bianca and it only took 1 hour and 45 minutes this time. When we got back to African Enterprise, it felt like a real home. It felt like we were coming to the place I lived and to a place that I felt comfortable at. A GREAT FEELING. It was a very nice weekend. The highlight for myself was probably getting closer to the group of great people that I am going to be with for the next three months. Home sweet home. :)