Hallo from Swakopmund!

Wow where did i leave off... Botswana? Well i'm in Namibia now haha. We went to Etosha and saw a bunch more wildlife (2 cheetahs, and a black rhino which is super rare) we also recieved our totems, which are sort of like spirit animals i guess. apparently we have the same traits as our totems. I am an Impala, or mhara in Shona. So as we say, I saw my family in Etosha. lots of family haha. We then went to CCF which is the Cheetah Conservation Fund for a couploe of days. We learned all about the cheetahs's genetic hardships and their race for survival. It's weirdf to think that things i learned while sitting in Mr. Gebhardts lectures ACTUALLY APPLIES TO LIFE. ah that was pretty mindblowing. actually everything we do here is pretty mindblowing. we got to see a cheetah run at CCF, where they woulod chase a lure ( a rag) around a tracck. It was amazing because tyhere were no fences, and the cheetah was just mere feet infront of you. It was sort of surreal. We did some service projects there, expanding some cheetah pens and making a nature trail, and had some lectures ( yes i know we actually had school?! crazy). Yesterday we arrived at the atlantic coast and i know somewhere across the ocean is america. We saw a seal colony (ah!! yay goes the future marine biologist!) and then had lunch along the coast. i love the ocean :) we then drove the rest of the way to swakopmund where we are staying in A frames. They have beds. Enough said. Currently i'm sitting in an internet cafe typing my little heart out. I know i'm missing things somewhere along the way. But i just can't remember because we do so much everyday! i'm sitting in my jeans which makes me so happy it's ridiculous. i guess while your here you learn to appreciate the little things a whole lot more. i challenge you to make dinner and eat every speck of it. don't throw anything away. americans (we, me us) waste so much food, my parents never played the starving kid in africa card. but it's so true. we visited a san village and it was justr... crazy. i wish i had words but even now i can't come up with any to tell you how i felt. it was heartwrenching. the government takes so much away from these people as you see stomachs of little kids cloated fromn malnutricion. ah. ok so i'lkl leave you all with the challenge. Eat everything on your plate and dont waste any of it.

best of luck!

bye bye!

~allegra