Almost all Study Abroad students arrive in South Africa
After two days of delayed flights and almost misses, 8 of the 9 students in Dr. Moon’s Study Abroad South Africa arrived in Port Elizabeth on Friday evening July 20. One student, left behind in the US due to flight delays, will join us on Monday evening.
After checking in on Friday night, and a good night’s sleep, the group walked on the boardwalk by the Indian Ocean this morning. We then had brunch at the Blue Waters Cafe on an outdoor deck (shunned by South African who were indoors staying warm with a fire in the fireplace) after which we walked around, looked at the environs, and went shopping for groceries at the Pic and Pay (where customers have to purchase plastic bags as a way to keep down litter). At 1 pm we rode in 2 vans on a township/city tour that included the Red Location Museum, a new museum about apartheit funded by the Swedish government. After a stop at a local township tavern (where we were the only women in the place!), we completed the tour of downtown PE and Walmer and arrived back at our lodging by way of the beach road.
I am hoping that students will add photos and text as our trip continues. Tomorrow to the game parks to meet the lions! — Martha