WATER

One nice thing about traveling in South Africa is that you can drink the tap water in the larger towns/cities.  The only time I felt compelled to drink bottled was in a village, and then I was staying with other PCVs who had the bucket filter system.  Interestingly, however, there are no public water fountains anywhere...not even in the modern airport or places like that you'd think there would be some.

Also, around the world one can usually find a plethora of McDonalds.  Here you can spot one every so often, but KFC is the biggie. Can't say that I've patronized either one at this point.

Am slogging away at the draft of the manual, and also starting to get serious about researching places to go/see when my friends come in October for a visit for two weeks.  I'm getting quite a bit of great info from other PCVs who have already traveled; they are great resources!

Here's some photo of birds in my yard, for my bird-loving friends.