The other day I
looked at my calendar and saw how many weeks I had left and was shocked at how
little time I had left here in Cape Town. At the beginning of the trip I was so
conscious of how many months we had left in order to reassure myself that I still
had plenty of time to do everything I wanted. However, at some point I stopped
thinking of the time and everything became so normal it started to feel as if I
have lived in Cape Town longer than I have. Now that the trip is coming to an
end I’m beginning to look back on all I’ve done, the people I have befriended
and I don’t want to leave, but at the same time I am ready to return home. Just
like every semester of school as it comes to an end I want to go home and just
relax and be with family. Although I will miss everyone I know I will be back
so it makes it a little better. However, the trip is not over for a few more
weeks so I plan on making the most out of the time I have left.
A prime example of
this happened this past Sunday. A few of my housemates and myself went kayaking
in Simons Town, where we were able to be up close and personal with penguins.
This was a great experience for me since it was my first time kayaking ever and
it was a pretty big learning curve for me. I started off paddling backwards as
my partner was going forward, which caused confusions as to why we were not
going faster and falling so far behind everyone else. Once that little problem
was taken care of I had to learn how to correctly hold the paddles. Overall it
was a mess of confusion, but in the end I figured it out and my partner and
myself were able to redeem ourselves and were at the front of the pack. Despite
the sore arms from doing everything wrong I enjoyed the experience and am glad
that I was able to learn something new.
In addition helping
at an orphanage in which other in my program and I are able to play and give
love to children is amazing. They are all so sweet and have really gotten
attached to some of the girls and cry when we leave. Being able to paint the
fence in their drive way was a great bonding experience for all of us and
really awesome and fun. It didn’t feel like we were doing work, since we wanted
to do it and were listening to music and laughing the whole time. The point of
painting the fence is to make the place more recognizable to people that come
to visit. People have passed the place in the past, but now with a bright
colorful fence with their logo it will definitely be easier for people to know
where to go.
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