Radiac's South African Adventure, Part 6

African Adventure Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

That evening, after Paul had collected me, we went round for dinner at the home of someone he works with. Their home is actually on the school campus - the school has a vast amount of land, and on it they have built houses for their staff to live in. We had roast lamb which was delicious, and then went on to a concert, although neither Paul nor I were quite prepared for what we were about to see.

It was a boy band concert.

Not just any boy band, but an Afrikaans boy band. They started off singing some of their songs, which are apparently doing very well in the South African charts - I personally wouldn't have bought them, partly because they were mostly in Afrikaans and partly because I don't want to give people the wrong impression regarding my sexual preference, but after their short introduction, they started singing Abba and Beegees medleys, which was quite surreal. At one point one of them performed what I assume was a comedy sketch, but even though it was in Afrikaans and I didn't understand a word of it, I found it funny (although probably for different reasons to the rest of the audience). But it was a most entertaining evening, and the rest of the (middle-aged mixed-sex) audience agreed. This is a strange country indeed ;)

Day Seven - Thursday 21st October

I have now packed my bags and am sitting in the living room waiting for Paul to get back from school so that we can leave for Cape Town. I'm watching the TV - it's a soap in Zulu. I can't understand a thing, but it's great - the acting is atrocious. A girl just passed out, and a woman came running in screaming along to some rather dramatic music. Then a man came along to see what all the racket was, said something that appeared to mean "Oh, it's just that stupid girl passing out again", and wandered off. And then there's the girl who keeps ringing people; I think she's prank calling them. Bored now, I'm going to see what else is on.

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