Muizenberg

So we went to the beach today! Me and 4 other volunteers drove to Muizenberg Beach after the braai and water fight with the kids! It was windy. Very windy. Cape Town can get very windy in the summer I have been informed, but I wasn't expecting the beach to be that windy. Actually the problem wasn't the wind, it was the lovely but very fine sand that was on the beach. It was so smooth and fine, but this meant the wind whipped it up and threw it in your face. So me and Sarah sat under a blanket like the weirdest blanket monster you have every seen, trying desperately to not be blinded. Also, both me and Sarah have several patches of open skin on our feet and legs. Sarah because of her Foot and Mouth and eczema, and me because there is at least one mosquito in my room, possibly more, and my damn room-mate thinks that if she puts a fan on, it will blow away any bug in our room. This would work I imagine if you were on the top bunk, but because I'm on the bottom (with all its multiple advantages!) I'm effectively in a rectangular box that only has 1 side open, so if you put a source of wind at that one open side, any bugs that go near said wind source or fly into my bed, just cannot get out again. But then again why would you if you had an endless supply of fresh food?! Anyway, back to original point: I have lots of very itchy bites on my hands, arms, feet and legs and because I have dry skin and no self control (it feels so good to scratch) there are several places where I have scratched the skin off my legs, feet, hands and arms. :(