Hello all!

This computer is a little funky so I'm sorry if my words come out jumbled. Right now I am in Cape Town, staying with a family. From my last update in Swakupmund (where Angelina Jolie had her baby) we traveled south, crossed the Tropic of Capricorn and drove through the worlds largest National Park. In the park we had the opportunity to climb Dune 45, a 200 meter sand dune. We woke at 4:30 am to a huge thunderstorm and climbed into our big blue truck and drove about an hour to the Sand Dune. Just as we got there, the strom stopped and by the time we were at the top most of the clouds had cleared. It was by far the most beautiful sun rise I have ever seen. From there we continued south and visited the ghost town of Kolmanskop, that was built in the early 1900's by Germans when Diamonds were found. By the mid 1900's when the diamonds had run out, not one person lived in the town. From there we hit Fish River Canyon, the second largest canyon in the world. And finally, we had midterm exams on the Orange River. We speant 2 nights and 3 days paddeling, taking tests and sleeping under the stars. On the 22nd we crossed the boarder into South Africa, and on the 23rd we made it to Cape Town! Cape Town is one of the most beautiful citys I have ever seen, full of history, life and color. Over the past few days we have taken a hip hop and graffiti tour of Cape Town, visited the township of Langa, and speant the majortiy of our classes studying District 6. If you have the time, I highly recomend looking up District 6. The Grandfather of the family I am staying with now was born in District 6. I speant 3 hours on the couch with him this aftternoon, wrapped up in his stories and his view on where South Africa is headed with the upcoming World Cup. I should also have better internet now that we're in South Africa as well, so if anyone has questions or would just like to say hi I would love to get an email from you! (phoebecoburn@gmail.com) That's all for now though, bed time!!!

Thank You

And thank you all so much for all your support and your wonderful comments, they keep me going, sorry I don't have the time to reply to all!

Swakupmund, Namibia!!!

Hello eveyone!

I'm trying to upload some pictures right now, it's a little slow but I'm trying to make it work. Im in Swakupmund, Namibia at the moment. Oh shout out to Mr. Squyres if your reading this! I went to this theatre ( I think maybe called the Capital Theatre, but I'm not sure) Anyways Hitchcock has been there as well as Michael Jackson!
But anyways from Zambia and Victoria Falls we continued on through Botswana where we stopped at a salt pan the size of Switzerland. We slept out on the pan for one night with no moon, there are not words to describe how incredible the stars were. After it had gotton dark I walked out on to the salt pan until the fire at camp was just a small pin prick in the distance, I have never experienced complete and total scilence before in my life. I never imagined that one of my favorite parts about Africa would be the absolute nothingness of the salt pan.
From there we headed to the Okavonga Delta where we slept in the bush. We poled boats called mocorros, out on the delta.
There is much in between that I am skipping, incuding classes, which are just as interesting as the trip itself. I have a final Travel Journalism article due tomorrow and if I have the time I'll type it up and send it home!
We also speant two days at the Cheetah Conservation Fund where I had the opportunity to see cheetahs run, within an arms length from me.
It's been an incredible journey, challenging no doubt, but one of the best decisions I have ever made. I'll be in South Africa around on the 23, that may be the next internet. So until then (maybe!)

Love to you all,

phoebe

And I'll try to get some pictures up in a minute!