Bunny in My Belly

This is a "bunny" (also called "bunny chow"):

It is a loaf of bread (or in this case, 1/4 loaf), hallowed out and filled with curry.  We read about bunny chow in all of our tour books, and have waited until Durban to indulge because Durban is known for having the best curries.  It was well worth the wait, and a perfect start to our WeekEND!

On Saturday, as is customary with the start of a new program, we were given a tour of the townships. As in Cape Town, the townships are primarily areas of very impoverished living.  However, in Durban the dwellings are less compacted together and there are more modern homes mixed in.  Umlazi is the second largest township in South Africa, and even after driving through it for two hours, we hadn't seen it all.  Still, after all these weeks, the scale and severity of these communities with people struggling to meet basic needs for survival is truly humbling.

The later part of the weekend we spent time with one of our host brothers, MakaB (age 13), at the Durban beach front and uShaka Marine World. The climate here is such that I suspect we may be spending more of our free time at the beach!