Well we never thought it would be so hard to exchange for some American money here in SA. I've been to the bank twice and to a currency exchange place, but they all want different documentation on how we got Rand in the first place, which one of us gets paid, who has a bank account, etc, etc. All we want is $80US to pay for Carla's registration fees for her conference in Nairobi next week. Boy is it a pain in the butt. I'm sure i've spent more than that in time already trying to get the money. They don't just let you buy foreign currency here, you need at minimum a plane ticket to get you started. I guess they are paranoid of people leaving?
On a funner (good word) note. Katy had a field day, pictures are posted.

When the parents were involved all mayhem broke loose. Katy's dad's legs did not move while his arms were going crazy. He fell! Katy's mom jumped the gun, stopped, got passed when the gun went off! Katy did get a first though and then some other podiums. We still laugh about it. Those crazy canucks just are too competitive. Henry had his final hockey tournament yesterday on artificial turf which was great. There were a bunch of teams and everybody had fun, especially with the free energade drinks for everyone. My team found that to be the highlight as they lost three and won one (against the girls at Oakhurst).