Thope packed our day with many facets of Khayelitsha. Besides meeting Golden, we visited the maternity ward and trauma unit at a local hospital, visited a community garden, and stopped at a local market to purchase some South African staples - mealie-meal (cornmeal of sorts), bananas, and various other fruits and "veg". We were quite a spectacle, the only White people walking down the muddy, smoky road of the marketplace, but we felt quite safe - except when the large taxis drove by rather quickly and close! We ate a delicious dinner featuring local food at Kopanong B&B and then listened and danced to the upbeat youth marimba band pictured above!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Day's end in Khayelitsha
Thope packed our day with many facets of Khayelitsha. Besides meeting Golden, we visited the maternity ward and trauma unit at a local hospital, visited a community garden, and stopped at a local market to purchase some South African staples - mealie-meal (cornmeal of sorts), bananas, and various other fruits and "veg". We were quite a spectacle, the only White people walking down the muddy, smoky road of the marketplace, but we felt quite safe - except when the large taxis drove by rather quickly and close! We ate a delicious dinner featuring local food at Kopanong B&B and then listened and danced to the upbeat youth marimba band pictured above!
