Hey everyone. Today was a fun, but somewhat sad day. Today we finished our work with Xoliswa. Aside from our lunch together at Mzoli's next Friday, we won't see her again. As I said, this is sad, as Xoliswa has been the best guide we've had thus far; she helped us see an average of 15 creches a day, and is one of the main reasons we have been to 132 sites thus far.
Today wasn't all sad, however, as Xoliswa took Matt and I to a little restaurant called Sasa's Place. Sasa's Place is run out of a container, and is located at a "mall" in Khayelitsha. The food was fantastic. I had some type of beef (I'm not sure how it was cooked), some collard greens, potato salad, and a lot of rice, with some beef gravy to eat with it. As I said, it was fantastic. Matt and I were particularly excited because this is something that we have been wanting to do since we got here; we keep eating a chain restaurants with our guides, but this is what we wanted, something authentic from the townships.
We also started working with Benigna today. She is another former foot soldier who will be acting as a guide for us again next Friday, July 17th (the same day as our braii at Mzoli's). From the get-go, we can tell that we won't get as many done with her as we did with Xoliswa, but Xoliswa's production is kind of hard to replicate. We should get completely done with Site C next Friday, and therefore be completely done with Khayelitsha. Just in case you were wondering, Khayelitsha is the second largest township in the country of South Africa (there is a larger one in Johannesburg), so getting it completely mapped out is quite the feat.
Well, that's all for now everyone. I hope that my adventure with township cuisine doesn't kill me (my stomach is still a bit weak from some of the other food I've eaten recently, haha). Stay thirsty, my friends.
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