Weekend at Wild Coast

Hello!

The weekend of 2/17-2/18 our whole class went on a weekend excursion to a place called Wild Coast. We got picked up Sat (2/17) at 7 am and it took us about 2 hrs to get there. Once we got there we began a 5 hour hike which started off along the beach for about 2km. There were tons of caves, fossils and just cool things in general!


Then we went up this huge hill to a rural village for lunch. The views were AMAZING! Parts of the movie Blood Diamond were filmed there and one of our tour guides was in the movie! For any of those who saw it the place where Leonardo DiCaprio dies, and when Leonardo and another guy are walking along the beach at sunset with a guy with dreadlocks and an AK47 (he was our guide). So I thought that was really cool!

When we got to the Village we saw traditional Zulu Sangomas perform. Sangoma's are kind of like traditional healers, they interact with your ancestors to guide you/fix your problems. They were 3 women. It was kind of controversial though. Many students felt it was fake and unethical for them to perform for money...It was definitely interesting to see though.

That night we had a Braai (BBQ). And the next day we went to a GORGEOUS beach and then came back Sunday evening to our homestay families.

Miss you all!