J'burg

Not too impressed with Johannesburg. I can't leave my hostel really, lack of public transportation. However, I did go to the Apartheid Museum yesterday. It brought me to tears more than once. Its amazing to think that something so atrocious took place a matter of years ago. Another thing that I am fascinated by is the languages. There are four, technically; English, Afrikaans, Zulu, and Xhosa, which is the click-tongue language that is so popular in movies about Africans. Its a subtle click, that is in the back of the throat and almost sounds as if it didn't actually come from the person speaking, but a metallic click from a machine. I can't do it, to say the least. Everyone here speaks at least English, thank goodness, but the hostel employees seem to bounce between that and Afrikaans as if it were one language. It just sounds like Dutch to me. I have learned sooo much about the South African history at the museum that I practically tripled my knowledge ( which doesn't say much at all). Leaving for Durban today.