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!!!