After jumping off the highest bungy jump in the world, ziplining through the forrest, partying with 19 year olds from Port Elizabeth, getting rained out in Port St Johns, snowed out in North Drakensberg, and just well ignored in Jo'burg I am ready to get on an airplane. I by no means am ready to go home though. I would love to settle somewhere in Zim or Malawi for like 6 months and just chill. I have had an absolutely amazing time traveling. Sooo many wonderful stories and people to go along with them. I have made some lifelong friends from around the world and some from back home. It is bittersweet to think about leaving this amazing continent. On the one hand I will be back in the familiar at home but on the other I will be leaving so many new things that I fell in love with; the land, the people, the quiet and slow pace of things. It is so overwhelming to think about the pace that things go at back home. It isn't something that has ever been very good for me and I think I will need some time to adjust back into things and to find ways to slow down in such a fast paced environment. I have made a potential commitment to myself, if school schedule allows, to travel each summer for two months. I want to see so much more of the world. I learned so much about myself, my true self on this trip, and I want to continue that as much as I can.
I knew time would fly by but it hasn't really sunk in that I leave for the airport in a few hours. It is amazing how much I have seen and accomplished on this trip. I am absolutely exhausted and want to sleep for a week! Though I have been on the move quite a bit I have found time to get in a lot of reading and wow have I finished some amazing books. I am so happy to know that I will be able to continue with my relaxing for a little while when I get back as school doesn't start for at least a month and I go on another vacation with the family! Looking forward to that for sure. Maybe I can get some of my tan back that the freezing cold South African winter has faded away. Well, after 21 hours on two planes and a 3.5 hr lay over I will land in San Francisco. See you all in about 30 hours!!!!
