August 17

Back to Cape Town!
I woke up this morning, anticipating my departure. After breakfast, Avryl, the lady from church who drove me to Durban on Tuesday, drove me to the airport. I caught my flight with no problems. Instead of flying over the coast, as we did last time, we flew over the Transkei and the Drakensberg Mountains (which are snow covered). I am glad I got to see them from the sky. I got picked up at the airport and taken to the hostel- right in the center of Cape Town on Long Street. I met up with Sydnee and we have talked non-stop trying to catch up on the last three weeks- not an easy task and we still haven't shared all our stories with each other. We walked around a while and had dinner, but all we were really interested in was catching up!
It is going to take some adjusting back to "travel mode", I had gotten settled into my "life" the past three weeks, making new friends, being the only American, etc.
I also found out that Blake is actually meeting us in Sydney, so Syd and I will only be travelling for four weeks and then I will be really and truly on my own when I arrive in Australia (not with her for the whole two months like I thought originally, or even for a few weeks to help me get settled). I'm just trying not to worry or think about that now and enjoy the present. I know I am so thankful for the way it worked out for me to have gone by myself the past three weeks, so I know God is in control of the situation, I'm just not sure what I need to do about it (other than pray, obviously)!