Pre Day 1 - This week after graduation/week before South Africa has been nuts. I've been doing online trainings, packing, and getting lots of last minute things together for the trip. On top of that I was injured the other day after being kicked in the back of my knee during our Tuesday game. I started to wonder how I'd travel to SA after the sleepless night after the injury and on Wednesday I was lucky enough to get a UW sports med doc check it out. He confirmed my suspicion: that I'd busted up the knee ligaments (torn MCL and ACL) and likely needed reconstructive surgery when the swelling decreased...but luckily I can delay it until my return in a month! The doc gave me a pretty serious brace that got me back up to maybe 75% of my normal walking speed.
After flying for over 21 hours and going through three airports I can confirm that being a "disabled" flyer definitely has one big perk: no line that can't be cut. After arriving in Jo'burg at 8 AM yesterday Nick (my traveling companion/intern from Miami) and I spent time running errands with the "Leaves Guest House" owners Sue and Anthony. We picked up prepaid cell phones and a rental car, a sporty Honda Jazz/Fit. It's funny to see how many people have cell phones now, especially blackberry's and Iphones, compared to the last time I was here five years ago. After getting back to the house around 5 we were invited to a South African Braai (aka BBQ) by my cousin and wound up back at the house at around 11PM - in a protein coma.
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