jeanette went to a wedding this weekend and i loved the pictures. here's jeanette with her host sister 

jeanette's host family 

the groom's younger sister 

a view from the hillside 

the township - 'Umlozi' 

the bride arriving 

the women sing to welcome the bride 

the guys across the street wanted their picture taken 

ladies waiting 

wedding hustle and bustle 

jeanette's mother (left) and father 

the women sing to say thank you for the gifts from the bride's family 

this is the village where we ended our hiking / kayaking journey. it's striking how parts of south africa can remind you of london, others of the grand canyon, and still others of the most rural parts of the world. 

when i was little my parents would feed me lemons at restaurants because they thought my faces were funny 

i wanted to climb those rocks 

check out the scenery. 

this is the back of jeanette's head 

we are really tough 

Kayaking in a river near the beach (above). The community that had lived there has begun to give tours as a source of income / to raise awareness of their situation . . . hopefully they can avoid the externalities that come with a tourist industry 

Jeanette's host siblings. They tutor her in Zulu 

Our group walking along the beach. The beach and the land around it was seized by the apartheid government for development by a casino and has yet to returned to the community had lived there. 

Jeanette being thoughtful 

I relieved myself from this view 

A village that we hiked through 

jeanette looking slightly skeptical outside of johannesburg