Trip to Durban, South Africa

So this week is study week so my friends and i thought it would be nice to get out of cape town for a little bit so me Aya and Poetry went to go visit poetrys friends in Durban which is a 2 hour flight from Cape Town. now Durban is known for its beautiful beaches and warm water but of course when we went it was raining but we still touched the Indian Ocean and did lots of shopping instead!
Overall the trip was a lot of fun but the weather sucked. we left tuesday and came back today so it was short and sweet lol. everything went fine except a little hiccup in the beginning when we went to check in and found out that poetry had booked her ticket for the 20th instead of the 21st so she had to pay like 400R which is less than $40 to change her flight. but then everything was smooth rolling from there on out. we arrived in durban and got a cab to a nearby mall where poetry's friend Zoe picked us up and brought us to his apartment. we then put our stuff down and then went to walk by the beach near his house and get lunch. the weather was rainy but aya and i still dipped our feet in the indian ocean!!! at night we just hung out at their apartment which was such a bachelors pad with two red couchs where we slept and white walls. we cooked dinner and then just hung out, you know my limited cooking skills so i helped where i could lol. then on saturday we went to this huge mall, did some shopping cause the exchange rate was at $11 for 1Rand. then we went to the indian district and the market and did more shopping. the Indian District and market was a lot like the ones in cape town but they were Indian people selling African things which was werid to me. like the lady would say "o i cant drop the price too much because i have to make a profit but then if you think about it, the Black Africans make everything and the Indians sell it so who should really get the profit?? also in the Indian District we went into a music store which had tons of african club music blasting and the black guys working there were all dancing. since i was the only white person in the store, they wanted me to dance for them so i did and made a complete fool out of myself but the guys enjoyed it and i had fun so thats all that matters! just another crazy south african experience to add to the list!!
After the market, aya and i went to the aquarium right by zoes appartment and say nemo and dory fish!!! then at night we went out to dinner with our girlfriends from CIEE and then out to a dance club. it was a lot of fun and really relaxing which is what we needed cause these next two weeks are going to be full of studying!
Durban is a pretty cool city but definitly a lot different from Cape Town. It is more diverse and cuturally mixed. The only time I saw a large number of white people was when we went to the dance club called 80s on wednesday night. I think that if i went to Durban at the beginning of my trip i would have been really uncomfortable but i have grown so much and realized that race really doesnt matter so i felt completely comfortable the whole time i was there.

South African fact: the music played in all the clubs here is called House music and apparently there is a certain way to dance to it but im not sure exactly how it is. i just dance like i do at home and probably get looked at funny but yet again half the time we are in clubs, no one even acknowledges us because we are American!!