Samara Day 9

Today I woke up to cloudy skies, and it was like that all day. I decided to go into the closest town (30km away) Graff-Reinet to get some sweat pants and a sweat shirt to relax in at night, as well as some hot sauce to put on everything I eat here. The food choices aren’t favorable for me, but I manage to get by with some green pepper, cheese, and hot sauce sandwiches… and the Kudu patties aren’t too bad either. I gave some homeless man in Graff-Reinet 8 rand (which is like 1 American dollar), and it made his day, and mine as well! The town is small, but seemed nice and friendly. Once we got back to Samara, we had to fix a tire that popped from one of those crazy thorns that are everywhere here. After that, Alwyn and I went on a mammal survey drive, since everyone else wanted to relax in the dry house, and we saw a large group of meercats, some mongoose, eland, kudu, vervet monkeys, baboon, and some batted ear fox (which are rare to see, so I hear). I’m about to watch the South Africa soccer game versus France, so I have to put on my jersey and support them for 90 minutes. I’m more excited about the later game when Greece takes on Argentina. I hope my Grekas can make it a game!