Day 152: Durban, South Africa

Day 152: Durban
Had coffee with my new Indian friend Rajal, her family had been in India for a couple of generations as had most of the Indians in the area, the British brought a lot of them over to help with the sugar cane fields. She told me that there are a lot of “Patels’ and most are Muslim, which surprised me as I had never met any Muslim Patels they are primarily Hindus. Went to see the Zulu village with my friend Emily. The outfits are very similar to the Swazi people. They were apparently at one time one tribe. Short skirts and tops and lots of beaded jewelry. Saw a witch doctor. Saw the huts look a lot like the Swazi people. Also just like the Swazi and Masi Mara(African tribe of Kenya) part of the dowry for woman are trading cows. Never realized how important cows are!!!! Then went shopping at a fabric store the owner an Indian lady offered to give us a ride to the restaurant. We took her up on her offer.