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... to take the short way up- a 2.5 hour uphill hike on steps all the way to the top. After a brief wrong turn, we managed to get on the correct path. As we neared the top we were getting really tired, and sat down to take a rest. As we caught our breath and drank water, a muscular man came running up the stairs, hardly breaking a sweat. We stared at him incredulously, but his vigor inspired ...

... venues. Marisa's birthday is at midnight as well. It should be fun! Everyone is getting pretty decked out... so they say....yeah USA!!

Hope to have many brilliant pictures of the Peninsula at night to show you all.

A few fun facts I'm learning so far:
Chem class conversions ARE applicable to every day life. "Add 50 mL of milk and stir"...
As I mentioned ...

... burg and went to pick up the rental car.... which was a VW polo... about the same size as a jetta. Ummm... a little tight in the backseat with three girls but overall not bad! Our first night we stayed at a friends house.... the unfortunate thing was that we were all super tired... and they were having a braii.... which is what they call a bbq. If you have ever been to one you will know that they are loud...and kind of obnoxious! The other thing... was that there weren't enough beds ...

... definitely wasn't expecting. I was just really tired and feeling somewhat pessimistic. I didn't go out on Saturday night even though I wasn't too tired in terms of the amount of sleep I had gotten recently. I also didn't do anything on Sunday - I actually went over to the Alma house and hung out with Ryan. It helped actually - its nice to have someone here who shares friends with you back at school and who you can ...

First frickin fantastic Safari. We flew to the northern part of South Africa and were suppose to have a small plane fly us in to Sabi Sands which is a private game reserve adjacent to the famous Kruger National Park. It was very foggy so we had to be driven by car. However, it gave us the opportunity to see a totally different part of South Africa. Mostly locals, however the country side is very clean and green ...

... very off the wall in terms of originality of taste, white wine. It was in a word> scrumptious. We chatted on the terrace and decided that despite the big waves and dark sky we really had to dip our feet in the Atlantic Ocean on this end of the world. As per, we stalked a guy trying to make his way somewhere on the beach. Next thing he knew he had my camera in his hands with strict, menacing instructions to "snap at leisure for that perfect shot ...

... moment and not something I would normally have at the top of my list, but it turned out to be a great time and we actually learned so much about South Africaˇ¦s history and government from talking with our tour guide all day. We had to meet our group for our safari at 3:15AM the next morning to go to the airport. We took our flight to Johannesburg. After the flight we still had a six hour bus ride to Kruger National Park. Everyone slept most of the 6 hours to Kruger. When we got ...

... as well as school systems, sports, and other common topics. Also, the environment was full of different languages and we were all trying to teach each other. There is a girl from the Czech Republic in my class, so we learned a few Czech words, some Xhosa words from the Xhosa speaking classmate, Afrikaans from most of the South Africans, Spanish from the other American, a little German from me, and then of course the differences in English! Most down time ...

... G.A.P. tour will leave Cape Town tomorrow morning). If there is one site I wanted to visit but had no chance last time, it is Robben Island. Dubbed "Alcatraz of Africa," it was Nelson Madela and many other political prisoners were kept while the white apartheid regime was still in power. After the whole country was open up to full democracy in 1994, Robbe Island is designated as a heritage site and later became UNESCO's World Heritage ...

... the other day for a short time and it made me miss them even more after having talked to them. And since I have no phone to call them and this ship isn't it making it any easier for me to fix the problem, I just wait for them to call. I emailed my Mom and told her to call me, but that was silly because my Dad checks his emails so much more often, so he'd be sure to get it and call. But the point is, in my state of being a little bit homesick ...