South African Sojourner: Fisherman's Hike

This weekend, 13 of the Marquette program students and I went on a hiking trip with UWC. We joined the hiking club hoping it would be a good club to make friends, however, the rest of our companions were either grad students or university administrators. We left campus around 5 after grabbing dinner at the campus bar/restaurant, the Barn. We arrived at Arniston, the small fishing village where we would be staying, after dark. Shortly after our arrival, we all rushed to bed, much to the amusement of the group leaders. Saturday we were up at 7 after a less than restful sleep to spend 6 hours hiking on the beach. On our return, we went swimming in the Indian Ocean, then had a braai (grill out) which included delicious fresh fish that Buda John, the fisherman who's house we were staying at, cooked for us. Sunday we got up early again to leave for a short hike to the the southern most point in Africa where the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean meet. We also walked to a ship wreck before departing back home to Kimberly House, which was surely missed. We were greeted by the 6 other students who didn't join us for the hike who had baked us brownies and cupcakes as well as decorated our doors with glittery valentines.