things about south africa

• Ketchup is called Tomato Sauce and BBQs are called Braais.
• Stop lights are called robots and texting is called SMSing.
  
• There are no smoke detectors yet all the windows and doors are barred and gated with locks.
  
• It can be hot one day and monsoon raining the next (and cold!)
• The light rail company has it's own jail for people that don't have tickets where they can keep people all day sometimes.
  
• The grafitti is pretty good.
• There is no such thing as dark beer, only seven types of lagers (including Miller Genuine Draft which is brewed here under that label)
• Maltabella is a breakfast favorite made of the South African native grain red sorghum and has the consistency and look of re fried beans.