The Western Cape:After three years i have found myself once again in the lovely and confusing city of Cape Town. I forgot so much over the years that it was indeed a shock to have it all put before me again. The beauty put into contrast with the stark and way too obvious economic gap somehow managed to take me off guard. To begin with, it is one of the most gorgeous places i have ever seen. The biodiversity is unmatched in most of the world and with that there i...

So here are things I wont ever forget about South Africa The way the clouds climb the mountains, and when you are on top of them it looks like a sea below. The wine trips and night where we get drunk over a 3$ bottle of wine that is actually usually very good (Sauvignon blanc has become my favorite white wine, and Pinotage and cabernet sauvignon are tied in the red department). The common room that is always full of people eating, playing catch phrase, or j...

27 May 2008 This morning I received a phone call explaining that people were organizing clothing to be donated, and asked if I would join. Upon arriving at the site, which was about a 15 minute walk from my flat, I had actually only made it for the last bit of the work. Mike, our director, then asked if we all wanted to see where the food and clothes would be going. We all agreed and hoped in the back of a buckie (truck) to the site where the people were. Yes, ...

So, here I sit once again in an airport with nothing to do but think. I cannot believe that I have left Stellenbosch, my home for the last 5 months. I don't believe that I will never return there to the place as I knew it, and even if I do one day decide to vacation there… the people I love will no longer be there to play with. I am going to miss it soo much, but I am terribly excited to see mom and Bryce in the airport at the end of the day. Where is the media...

So i am not in Johannesburg, no worries... but here is some news from the other half of the country. We have not heard much about it here other than quiet gossip. There is a lot of talk about the xenophobia and with jobs in such short supply I'm not surprised that people are fearful of people coming in. So check it out and learn a little bit about what is going on in the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7407914.stm