hello from the Drakensberg Mountains!

wow ok 10 minutes to type, eeeee!

so mom came in eshowe along with some amazing care packages! thanks! so we went to a traditional healer in eshowe which was a little creepy, but it was cool to see the contrast between western medicine and traditional healing. then we went to an oraganization called Zulu fadder which was basically playing with these adorable kids for about 2 hours, sadly all of these kids have llost parents to AIDS and the region has one of the highest infectiona rates in the world. about 60 of the kids there had AIDS already, which was pretty mindblowing. then we traveled to rocktail beach which was SO MUCH FUN! we got to see a leatherback turtle come up on the beach to lay her eggs and then go back out to the ocean. to walk along the beach at night and come upon the turtles as so many others have for generations have was an almost spiritual experience, of course that m,ay be the marine biuologist in me talking :) we also went snorkling! which was super fun, we saw an eel and we saw lots of fish, then we said good bye to the indian ocean and the parents to head out to the drakensberg mountains. let me tell you, it's nice to see some mountains FINALLY. yesterday we hiked up sentinel peak and saw the second higest ( alititude wise) waterfall in the world at about 10,000 feet. it was a really hard hike but it was rewarding as well :) anyways i''m not going to get internet until i get home but i jsut wanted to post one last quick update, see you all in bozeman on the 16th. it's been a great adventure. until next time :)

~allegra