http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/jamieo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from jamieo en-us Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:04:34 BST Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:04:34 BST A quick hello I'm about to leave for a two week trip but wanted to check in on here first. For those that may email me or try to contact me I'll be unavailable for awhile. Two of my housemates and I are taking a roadtrip to Durban and doing some fun stuff along the way. And then I'll come back to Cape Town for a couple of days and then head to Michigan Wooo it sounds like a lot going on. I'll http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/blog-287125.html Well I'm writing today to say hello and to let everyone know that I'm doing fine. I know there has been a lot of international coverage about the violence occuring in South Africa right now. There have been some violent acts against African immigrants especially outside of Johannesberg and has spread to township areas suburbs outside of the other metropolitan areas of Durban and Cape Town. But http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-279774.html Hi It's been quite some time since my last post. I've been wanting to add more pictures from Nambiia to the site but the uploading has failed everytime. So I can only hope that when I try to add my new pictures from Mozambique they'll load properly. But now I'd like to fill you in on what I've been up to.This past week I've been in Mozambique. We had a few days off school for public holidays http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Mozambique/Southern/Tofo/blog-272463.html Wow What a trip. Irsquove just got back into Cape Town last night from a nine day trip to Namibia and the west coast of South Africa Check out the posted map for a visual of where this actually is. I went with three of my housemates and we rented a car and drove all the way up to the Soussevlei dunes and back. It was a lot of driving but we were able to see so much. Itrsquos amazing how th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Namibia/blog-261264.html Hello Itrsquos been awhile since my last post sorry that it has taken so long. Irsquove been busy with classes writing papers and getting my life together a little more. So whatrsquos been going on with my life in the last couple of weeks Quite a bit. Irsquove had to get used to studying again and still making time for exploring the city and having fun.Well first of all I had one h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-256469.html Therersquos so much to say Irsquove been pretty busy in the last week to say the least. My classes have begun and I have a finalized schedule to remember I still donrsquot have it memorizedhellip and some serious business to finally figure out. Such as how to print pages from a computer at school. Itrsquos a big adjustment not having a printer in every computer lab. And in one area http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-250766.html Hello Irsquom writing from my home in Cape Town today. The internet is up and that makes me really happy Irsquove had a great past few days here in South Africa. We had Saturday through Thursday off of school so some of my housemates and I took some time off and organized a last minute trip on the Garden Route. Itrsquos a popular trek through beach towns and beautiful wildlife on http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-247303.html Hello So today I'm writing from the internet cafe down the street and trying to put up photos but it seems that they are too big of files for the bandwith bummer I will have to bring my own computer next time...or...a flash drive. I prefer not to do the first because it may be taken from me on the street yes this happens quite frequently to people but I'll just try to minimize my risk. Bu http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Kalk-Bay/blog-244575.html So the plane ride went really well with no delays. I was worried that the snow we got on the first of February in Detroit was going to push my flight back. I met up with other Michigan students at the metro airport and we took the next three flights together. It was really nice getting to know them a bit better and keeping each other company. We flew from Detroitgt Dulles gt Joberg http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-Town/blog-243224.html Saying my last goodbyes It's been nice taking time this past month to see many important people and having the time to catch up on their lives before leaving. I've been pretty lucky to not have to work for the short time I've had off to be able to do this. Whenever I visit Ann Arbor I love walking around seeing everything enjoying just being there especially without everyday stresses of schoo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-240554.html Visited Countries MapAnd here is a map of where I'm going to be living there. I wasn't able to get the map to turn out right so you'll have to zoom out a little bit. The University of Cape Town is right at the foot of Devil's Peak mountain and I'll be living in the Observatory neighborhood. The green balloon shows approximately where my house will be and if you look southwest of that you can see http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/Ann-Arbor/blog-239182.html