New Years in South Africa by Sammy

    We arrived in Africa on the 31^st of December and it happened to be New Years. We stayed at this very nice place just outside of Johannesburg. We went out to a restaurant called Carnivore where we ate lots of meat such as: giraffe, crocodile, chicken, beef, kudu and lots more!!

    The next day we went and had breakfast. The breakfast was amazing! We had steak, sausages, lamb chops, fish, eggs, waffles, and over a hundred more items. Then we went to the pool for a while. While we were at the pool we met a very nice family!! There was a cool girl named Deandra and her mom and dad named Phildencia and Desmond. Pildencia's brother was there as well and his name was Jonathan. We talked with them for a while and enjoyed getting to know one another. They graciously asked us if we would like to go on a tour of Joberg and the Apartheid museum together and then to their place for a home cooked traditional meal. So of course we said yes!! It was about 8:00pm so we headed to bed after we grabbed a snack. We tried to get to bed early because we knew we had a big day ahead!!

    In the morning after an amazing breakfast again we started off in two cars. In our car we had Deandra, Phildencia, Jonathan, Elaine, and I. In their car they had Desmond, Kevin and Jeffrey. First we went to Hillbrow and saw lots of poverty. Daddy went outside their vehicle with his big camera and he was the only white guy there. Then we went to the apartheid museum for about 3 hours. After the museum, we drove to Soweto, a suburb where "blacks and coloured people" were force to live during the years of apartheid. I do not think there was as much poverty there than Hillbrow!

    Later in the day we went to the professional soccer fields. We went there because we were talking about soccer and South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010. We went to two of the fields and then we headed to the place where Nelson Mandela signed the freedom act. Phildencia also bought some vegetables at the local market for dinner.

    After a long day we headed over to their grandma's house to eat .Phildencia cooked rice, curry, lamb, steak, and maise. It was so delicious!!!!!!!! Their grandma was really funny! Deandra's friend also came over and I learned a new game. We had a wonderful day and we headed back to our hotel to go to bed.

     The next day they drove with us to get us on the right highway to head to Kruger Park. At the gas station we said our goodbyes. We heard horrible things about Johannesburg before going there; however, meeting such a nice family proved all our worries were for nothing. We hope to meet again sometime soon!

 

BY: SAMMYJ