In this dispatch, Monica and Kavitha visit schools in both the townships and the wealthy suburbs. They talk with students, explain the Odyssey's mission, and make the world a little smaller in the process.

It's too easy to pass up - this dispatch is great for some compare and contrast. Have the students answer some of the questions the South African students asked and make up their own. They can post them on the message board in Trek Connect, or they can e-mail them to the students at the e-mails listed in the dispatch.

This dispatch describes visits to two very different schools that reveal the wide range of education offered to students in South Africa, including information on handicapped students, inefficiency of the bureaucracy and government, inadequate funding, and wealthy schools in Durban. Discusses the Egcekeni School, Open Air School, and the Westville Boys School.

Abeja compares her past views on apartheid in South Africa and the different nation that exists today: one striving to be a peaceful and equitable "rainbow nation". Looks at the divisions, then and now, that apartheid exacerbated between whites and blacks.

An afternoon spent with a South African family provides insight into the daily life and issues that plague the country: violence, wealth distribution and politics.