In Johannesburg with lots of new things to get accustomed to:
A real hostel with lots of folks sharing one room, about eight in my room last night, towels and backpacks and toothbrushes scattered everywhere. I had a great time last night sitting in the common room with folks from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Daly City, and others unmentioned. Big TV had the US vs. North Korea from the World Cup. It's darned cold here, about 45 to 50 degrees at night but the days promise to be mid-60's.There's no heat in the hostel since they so seldom require it but today is the equivalent of December 29 in the Northern Hemisphere so this is about as cold as it gets hereabouts. This place is apparently about 40 minutes from downtown J so I'll need to figure out how to transport myself there. I need to get to a book store pronto as I'm totally out of reading material. I have tentative arrangements to visit some local schools, but, again, transport will be a problem.
Today, I think, will be a day to hang out at the hostel and ask a bunch of questions about laundry and transportation and costs and such.
Tomorrow I need to get up at 5am to participate in my monthly baseball draft in Lafayette, outside Oakland so I'll probably freeze my rear off here at the lone computer terminal. The hostel WiFi is out of order, spoiling my plans for that.
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