Tanzania

I arrived in Tanzania last night! surprisingly the flight was great! and no problems this time catching my flight! Its probably best that I update on what I have been up too in South Africa.

I spent most of the past week in Pretoria, just relaxing really! the people that work there are awesome, they have many good stories to tell. One of the guys that was staying at the backpackers in Pretoria was an exiled freedom fighter during the 1960s, he has been jailed four times, he lives in Canada and has been for the past 25 years. The guy reminds me of Tabo Mbeki although he seems a lot smarter (Mbeki couldnt resolve a conflict between two dogs!) , he told stories about how the ANC used child soldiers from South Africa to attack the ruling party.

On Sunday I decided to do something more interesting rather then just sitting around the backpackers. Myself and a French guy took a bus into town. We wanted to see inside the parliament buildings, but the ANC were running some discussion. Some of the ANC members invited us into the building, we thought it would be a good experience so we sat down and listened to some ANC people give a speech about how they need to place running water in this township, otherwise the township wont vote for them. After about 15 minutes, some of the ANC members decided we shouldnt be listening to the discussion and they kicked us out!. Some ANC guy come out afterwards and apologized,he told us we should tell everyone back at home how open and transparent the ANC is. We then ventured to the Paul Kruger Museum, I personally didnt know much about the Anglo Boer war, but the museum really informed me about the conflict, I guess most people generally focus on the apartheid history of South Africa.