Sunday Soweto Cycle

Busy Sabbath
Church I met another church member and invited him to come cycling in Soweto. 
Sacrament was great as it was the primary progam...A little different than what I was used to, but fun.


Soweto is a cultural center of the South Africa.... someone signed us up for cycling in the Soweto in the afternoon...off the beaten path.  It was a great way to ride around and see things up close...

There was an adult league soccer game we stumbled across

It was not strenuous, but we went and saw some not on your back of the brochure parts of Soweto.  Tutu and Mandela's homes were palatial compared to some of the homes we saw.  There were empty homes that are sitting there which the people of Soweto will not move into as the governmental promises of the homes were reneged.
Our bike tour was rife with socialist ideology smattered throughout.  It is part of the experience.
The bike tour brought us to these areas, some of which which I think never saw a while bicyclist.  Some neighborhoods, kids came out to high five, then there were kids who wanted to get on your bike.  Men took pictures with the women in our group. Then there were kids who actually tried to climb on the bicycle and go for a ride.  It was a little intimidating. 

There were small homes, middle homes, and sewage smelled in many areas that we rode.  It was humbling and I highly recommend the private Soweto bike tour.

For dinner we had Indian food and celebrated  Dewali with some CSC members from India.  It was Southern Indian food, less emphasis on meat--What is Dewali?  one explanation it was a Christmas.  I had an all vegetarian meal, and it was piping hot.  My head was red.

Jamon