Our friends from Jo'berg told us that there was nothing to see in town and we took their advice a bit too literally and only scheduled about 12 hours there. Luckily that was enought to see two of my classmates George and Ryan and their significant others Benka and B, respectively. We missed Brett...he was living the good life in Plett for the New Year. We met for dinner at a great asian place in Melrose Arch for excellent wine, sushi, and various delicious dishes. Marbel Arch stood in the face of everything I had heard about Jo'berg. It was lovely, filled with beautiful young people, had a great vibe and felt totally safe. Our friends gave us a ton of good information about how to make our time in Capetown, the winelands and Knysna wonderful and we were very appreciative.
Shelly, Joe, Ryan, B, Benka, George
Jo'berg was our first contact with the city and civilization since our time in the village and it was a bit of a culture shock. The people, cars and noise were a bit foreign after a week with only birds (and house music). Our friends didn't understand why we would want to stay in a remo te village on our holiday which was a common theme among many South Africans that we met. I suppose Americans might have the same curiosity if South Africans came to America to volunteer in the ghetto during their vacation.
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