Today was a very long day. We wanted to go and do a tour of the townships of Alexandra and Soweto. We had met a tour guide when we were at the caves at the Cradle of Mankind who seemed really nice so we called her to see if she could come and give us a tour. She said she could so we arranged for her to come and pick us up at noon. Around 11 she texted and said she was going to be about an hour late. She still had not come at 2. At about 2:30, she came but was in a very small car. She had tried to go and exchange her small rental car for a larger one, but they would not let her. So after much debate, Kirt went to the airport with her and rented a larger car. We then went on a very rushed tour of Alexandra and Soweto which was actually OK because we were all pretty tired and grumpy by this time. Plus it was very difficult to see the poverty that so many of the people were living in. After the tour, we went to the airport and started the long journey home-16 hours to Atlanta, 4 hours to Salt Lake and then 2 more hours to Spokane. We got to Spokane around noon on the 4th of July.
2 families in Alexandra township that were living in houses that were about 12x12 for their whole house. The 1st family only had 4 people but the 2nd family had 10.
One the street in Alexandra
One of the tract houses in Soweto
A preschool in Soweto
Nelson Mandala's house in Soweto which is now a museum
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