Bucket baths, politics and prisoners: five months abroad in South Africa

Bucket baths, politics and prisoners: five months abroad in South Africa

Perhaps it was South Africa’s recent political history, or maybe it was the excitement of going to a place that I believed was the polar opposite of the small Vermont town I grew up in, but around Christmas of 2017, I found myself packing my bags to embark on a five-month study abroad program in Durban, South Africa.