TIA

TIA=This is Africa

Whenever things just aren’t quite what we are used we say TIA. When time is less structured and we are required to be more flexible, TIA. When the pilot light goes off 5 times a week in your chalet, TIA. When you have tea time twice a day :), TIA. When you see chickens and cows running freely in the streets, TIA. When you are crammed into a buckie with a grand total of 17 people, TIA. When there is about 200 people crowded into about a 300 ft stretch of beach per lifeguard order, TIA. When a crowd of people start dancing to the rhythm of the lifeguards whistle in the Indian Ocean, TIA. Life is good, TIA.



This is the Indian Ocean!! On Saturday we had a Day in Durban where we did some souvenir shopping and spent some time at the beach.

TIA, sky risers and abject poverty exist side by side. Just a twenty minute drive from Mpophemeni you can purchase almost anything from a mall that rivals any in the states.