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September 8, 2006
 
Crazy Monkeys...and spiders...and friends!

South Africa so far has been AMAZING! We're talking incredible, fascinating, scary, beauitful, and so much fun, all wrapped into one! Sometimes it feels surreal to finally see all the places and dynamics I've only been reading about. I've made some wonderful friends here, South Africans are so hospitable! And see some incredible things. The Drakensberg mountains are BEAUTIFUL. We went on a full day's hike this weekend, and visited a natural healer in Lesotho too. Oh man, seriously the experience of a lifetime. The monkeys on campus continue to suprise me, as did the giant spider that lives in the corner of my window. Got him on tape, and went to look it up, sure enough its venemous...So lets not play with the giant spider! (Want to see it? Watch my Episode Three, titled "Baboons Throwing Rocks". Make sure you watch it all the way through - the spider is in the bonus footage at the end.), Much much more to come, heading to a friend's this weekend and enjoying South African life- so different but SO much fun!


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Your experience sounds amazing and your pictures are great so far. Looking forward to more updates!


Posted by: Elena | September 13, 2006 03:17 PM

 
 

Wow, it must be neat to be around all that wildlife. I'd love to have monkeys running around my campus, must be fun. Sounsd like you're having an amazing time, can't wait to hear more.


Posted by: Anonymous | September 13, 2006 03:52 PM

 
 

I'm so jealous you have monkeys at your school.. GAH! all we have is squirrels haha watch out for those spiders!


Posted by: Jessica | September 18, 2006 04:26 AM

 
 

ACK spiders!! I'm so afraid, and that one in your video is HUGE. The mountains looked beautiful. Your experiences thus far have been entertaining and educational, please keep them coming.


Posted by: JP | September 26, 2006 04:56 PM

 

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