So, it's finally over. I ship out for Cape Town in the morning. It's been quite the ride, Namibia, and I'm thankful for that. I sometimes feel like I could have done more, been more proactive about my experience here, but overall it's been absolutely amazing. I don't think I can even comprehend right now how much I've learned here. I've tried to milk these last few days. Wednesday we finished our big projects (Laurie, Lauren and I looked at the effects of the alcohol industry on society, and for the creative part, made the Namibian flag our of bottle caps) Wednesday I went to Katutura to see my homestay family a last time, and had dinner with them, and tonight I had dinner with some members of my rural homestay family who are in Windhoek (one who lives here and I'd only talked to on the phone, and the other being Malakia, my brother from the North, after which I went to temple for the last time and then briefly hit the town. It was good. I also took a nice walk today around the city by myself. I thoguht that was a good way to finish things off. This past week or so has been a lot of work, but also a bunch of fun, we've gone out and done fun things quite a bit, and everyone's been getting along suprisingly well.
I'm really really excited to go to Cape Town. It's supposed to be an amazing city, plus I'll get to see my family there in a week, which is also really exciting.
I'm falling asleep right now, but I think I've said what I needed to say, more or less. Perhaps more in the morning, but definitely more from Cape Town.
On your walk you should have listened to "closing time" by who ever sings it.
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