Gettin Jiggy in Guguletu

So in previous posts I've mentioned the townships in and around Cape Town that many blacks were moved into during the Apartheid era. Lots of people come to Cape Town and take tours of townships and stay in places like Thope's B&B (mentioned below). But we exchange students are not tourists. We live here! So yesterday I had the pleasure of going to party in a township. Now its probably not the best idea for tourists or regular S. African folks to head into a township on their own looking for a party. But we were escorted by several of our classmates, so it was 10 white people, 5 black classmates, about 500 black S. Africans who are regulars to parties in Guguletu, and me, the token Asian. (Actually I saw one other asian guy there which was pretty funny since I've literally seen 4 Asian people in the whole country so far.) Let it also be noted that we went at 5:30 in the afternoon and the place was going off. The place was this sort of outdoor restuarant that played house music. Apparantly it was a slow night as Sundays are the proper nights to go. It was a pretty awesome experience. AND to make it even better, we ate some proper Brai. We had these really fatty lamb chops and sausage covered in this amazing sauce. I of course, found out where the kitchen was and bought me some sauce. It was literally "finger licken' good." No forks, no napkins, just you, your fingers, and some tasty sauce. And what about drinks you ask? We bought them from the freight container shown below. Some clever entreprenuers have converted it into a liquor store. Even in less prosperous economic conditions, good times prevail!

Kristen and Bogart waiting outside the "liquor store"

Vegetarians need NOT apply. (I don't think Malin is going to be too thrilled when she sees I posted this picture :) )

After we left Guguletu, we headed back to the campus bar to watch the Rugby World Cup quarter finals. France vs New Zealand. The girl in black with her arm in the air is Daphne, my french roommate who loves sports and loves France. She is singing the French National Anthem. Thats all for now. I've updated some previous postings with photos below.