Last Post from SA!

So I must say,
definitely struggling with leaving South Africa!
Tomorrow is my 21st birthday, as well as my last day in South Africa!!!!
I definitely need to come back here, I love this place so much!!
I finished work last week, and have just been taking it easy this week. Yesterday me, Emma, Sandra, Tueva, and Georgina rented bikes in Tableview and cycled into Cape Town! On the way back, we found a very nice cycling path that went all the way to Tableview, however on the way in, we braved the freeway, sketchy!! It was very hot biking around Cape Town, so we jumped into the pool as soon as we returned to the house. Was good fun though! Tomorrow I am going to go back to Capricorn and Muizenberg, say some goodbyes, maybe go to the beach in the afternoon, and then in the evening me and some friends are climbing Lion's Head to watch the sunset and the new moon rise (quite a popular thing to do out here). After that we're going to head out to Tiger Tiger I believe, and from there I'll be heading straight to the airport! (Not looking forward to that). From Cape Town-Joburg-Doha (Qatar) - Paris, where I will be meeting Brady and Jason, two friends from home. It's sad because I'm not excited for that yet, because I can't get past leaving here! But I know that we will have lots of fun there, and hopefully it will make coming home a little easier since I'll be with them. As must as I don't want to go home, I am excited to see family and friends though, and play the piano again!!! And to use a washing machine again!!  And to eat real food, as opposed to very cheap food.
I made a note on Facebook, entitled "So long South Africa" and tagged all my friends that I met during my time here. For those of you who aren't on Facebook, here's the text from it:

Even the thought of leaving this beautiful place is hard to handle. Sadly, I will be leaving early Friday morning.

However, this has been the best experience of my life, and I will always remember it dearly!

Over the last five months, I have....

Climbed Table Mountain, saw the big 5 on a game drive, ziplined, bungee jumped, skydived, rode an elephant, rode an ostrich, fed an ostrich with my mouth, fed a wild seal with my hands, fell in love with my class of kids at Sunrise, got my hair done about 500 times by the kids in the playground :), had a monkey jump on my head, got a foot away from a cheetah, watched a world record attempt for most surfers on a single wave, saw a whale, had 5 African boyfriends (ages 4-11), saw wild troops of baboons, climbed onto the roof of a shack and looked out over Capricorn township, spent many a evenings at Melting Pot & The Village Inn, blew my vuvuzela as I cheered on Bafana Bafana at Green Point Stadium, got addicted to Rummycube!, helped build a creche in a township, went surfing (in shark-infested waters), went to Hillsong church, went waterfall cliff jumping, went canoeing down a beautiful river in Wilderness, worked with an endangered species, the African Penguin, went to release a group of penguins back into the wild at Betty’s Bay, stuck my arm down a pelican’s throat, went to five professional soccer games (go Ajax!!), went on two road trips down the Garden Route, went to a surfing competition, saw Imogen Heap perform acoustically, oh ya and met her!, went to Robben Island and saw Nelson Mandela’s cell, went streetfeeding underneath the bridges in Cape Town, haggled my way to cheap deals at Greenmarket Square, enjoyed many Sundays at Caprice, a few Mondays at Mercury (stagediving anyone?), R1 shots on Wednesdays at Chrome, biked from Tableview to Cape Town and back as well as around the city, learned how to make the best pumpkin dish EVER, made friends from all over the world, and fell in love with South Africa. Cheers to all the good times we had, the memories we made, and all the other craziness! It’s been an unforgettable experience. T.I.A.! <3 <3 <3