Tree snakes, monkeys and rastas...

Hi loved ones,
It's been too long and internet has been exceedlingly difficult to get by..
I am wwoofing one a new farm now, a charity organisation, permaculture feat where I'm learning how to weave, garden and become a better piano player.
We do soup kitchens on friday for the poorer people living in the townships.
Towships is where they put all coloured people during the days of apartheid. But people still live there because of poverty. Social apartheid they call it.
Like a comedian once said... it is no longer black or white that matters, the only color they care about now is green (americam dollar green that is).

Anywasy I am very happy to be spending time in the townships and see much more of the real south africa. The differences here in Plettenberg bay are huge, huge mansion by the seaside and a rows of shacks of on some more arid and deserted land. People dumps...

But there is hope and these people are lovely... Last weekend was my birthday and we visited a Rastafarian community in the townships... lovely people and a vaery nice atmosphere. It is also nice to see black and white living together in the townships and how people make it nice there and atmospheric... good vibrations. Then Rachel and Charlie ( the owners of Oasis farm where I'm working, two retiring brittish people with a love for politics, socialism and the hippie spiritual.... having had amazing lives themselves!) took me to a restaurant and the next day to one of the most beautiful valleys I've ever been, where a river meets the sea and one can swim... We had an awesome picknick and a lazy sunday smoking some of the doobies the rasta people suppllied us with :D. Awesome.

Before coming here I had to leave Volskrust though and Donkey valley farm. I stayed over at Suzaans place, who has become a real friend to me, and had the most amazing supper with her family; wafels with spinach and feta :S, but it was sooo good.
Then we went for some beers and at 3 in the morning we left for Durban. We had a swim and some juggling on the beach, I bought them breakfast and they dropped me off at the busstation. I got on the bus at 5, it was gonna be a long ride 16 hours long that is. We occasionally stopped at gasstations and I bought some candy and sigs and spllit them with some black people. Had a nice talk to my neighbour on the bus, shge was a teacher of technology. Lovely girl.
Then I arrived in Plett, had an icecream and Rachel and Charlie picked me up, showed me around the place and we drove around to the townships and viewpoints... did I tell you nature is extremely beautifull here, fynbos, coustlines, snakes, monkeys, sharks... WHALES!!! wikkid...
anyway, I'll leave ti with this for now, at least I posted something, but I have another 20 emails or so to check so Talk to you soon... forgive me for not posting sooner. know I love you all and think about you guys, one in a row that is, nearly daily, much love xox

steven