Backpackers!

This weekend, Kara, Alex, Lauren (all BC ladies)and I decided it was time to take a break and head down to Jeffreys Bay for the weekend. JB is one of the most notorious surf towns in the world (ranked #3 best surf spot). Friday afternoon we packed our backpacks, quickly grabbed a sandwich in town, and headed to catch our bus. It was about a three hour drive from Grahamstown to JB.

After our long ride and nearly missing our stop, we arrived in JB. We grabbed a cab and headed to Island Vibe, our backpacker for the next three nights (*hostels in SA= backpackers). 

For some reason, the staff at the hostel immediately decided that I was to be called Chelsea Clinton for the entire weekend. Im assuming a combination of being an American with a first name Chelsea led to this nick name. No matter where I was, grabbing food, at the bar, reading, I would hear "Chelsea Clinton" and see someone laughing and waving. The staff were amazing. Most of them were just surfers who worked and stayed at the backpacker. 

Everyone was super friendly and we met a ton of Europeans who had awesome tales of their adventures backpacking across SA. One 27 year old from England decided to do a world trip and is spending the next 11 months traveling around the world. Everyone was so cool and so chill, which made for an awesome weekend. Most of our weekend was spent at the beach, where I learned that you can still get burnt when it is cloudy...who knew? Our nights were spent at the bar and stargazing. It was such an amazing weekend and it was so cool to get to know the other girls better. Life chats included education reform, extraterrestrial life (my vote: yes), racism, and anything else you can imagine.

 This weekend was a constant reminder of how lucky and blessed I am to get this opportunity to travel and around and hear people's stories and learn about their lives. This weekend made me SOOO excited for our term vac (spring break) coming up in a week and a half! I will post more once we have some plans set!