road trip southern africa

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gotta be quick here since i am spending a third of my daily budget on this. excuse spelling & grammar errors. i cant type. the last few days i have been travelling in the back of a mega land cruiser, totally outfitted for africa travel. daniel, the canadian, asked the dutch couple, sylvia & casper if we could ride with them up to namibia & so we are. spent a day near springbok, a diamond & copper mining town, just in time for beautiful wildflowers. then headed into namibia & stayed in a hot springs resort last night. beautiful huge swimming pool of HOT water, i  spent a several hours in it, it was great. saw fish river canyon today & now we're in a total shithole town, seriously nothing but dirt here. at least there are lots of black people and no whites, cause i was starting to think that southern africa is all white. the places we have been camping- caravan parks, are kinda like home- the retired people go camping, bringing their satellite dishes and such and they're all white. so i am feeling a little more like i'm in africa now.

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we have spent hundreds of kilometers on long, staight, desert roads, where we see a car an hour or so. a lot of time for me to think. crazy to think that all of my collegues are back at school and in in the middle of who knowswhere- i am thinking about home, though, and still a little homesick. i constantly remind myself taht this is such a good experience and will in the long run strengthen me but occasionally lonliness does set in. good practice, though, to just be with myself in each moment.

this is everywhere!!
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not sure how long the dutch will put up with us- we are really doing it a day at a time- the rule is no plans. i know i have to be back in jo'berg by oct 15 or something, but thats all the plan i have. so many options. travelling in a private car is pretty luxurious and the people are nice so far.

so thats the latest. sorry i havent written more cause i have a lot more to tell but like i said, budget, budget.

love to all.