38 Days

My time here is almost up and I still have so much that I want to do.  I am going to Mozambique over Easter break. It should be a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to it.  My friends and I wanted to go to Madagascar over Easter break, but the flight was too expensive and we would've had a hard time figuring out how to get there and what not. So we decided on going to Mozambique which is pretty close to Madagascar considering the fact that Madagascar is an island.  I've been doing research about Mozambique mainly what I wanted to do there and stuff. And from what I've read it seems to be very different from Botswana. Botswana is a developing nation compared to Mozambique which is an under developed nation.
         We are going to Maputo which is the capital of Mozambique.  We are hoping to go snorkeling over the coral reefs nearby.  The hotel that we are staying in is right on the beach and I am looking forward to lying on the beach simply enjoying the sun.  In order to get to Mozambique we are taking a combi to Johannesburg South Africa. This is a 6 hour drive I've heard, and basing on a normal combi ride will probably be very uncomfortable.  However it is pretty cheap and leaves every hour on the hour which is really convenient.  We plan on leaving for Joberg (Johannesburg if you weren't able to figure that out...) Wednesday afternoon April 4th. 2 of us have classes until 1 so we will probably leave after that. Once in Joberg we are spending the night in this tiny hotel.  Ironically enough it is the same one that I spent the night in while coming to Gaborone.  Then on Thursday we are flying from Joberg into Maputo.  It's only like an 1 and 1/2 hour flight which shouldn't be too bad. We found a rather cheapish flight.  The flight itself was $99 but there were a lot of fees. As it is the flight was still cheaper than if we were to go to Madagascar.  The economy in Mozambique is better than it is in Zimbabwe but still really bad so I'm hoping that I won't spend too much money while over there.

      If the exam schedule stays the same as it is right now (the actual one comes out April 10th when they figure out if there are any conflicts and what not) then I will have the last week of school off.  That would make me inexplicably happy because I leave May 4th at 3:55 pm and I was afraid that I was going to have conflicts with my exams and I wouldn't have any time to say goodbye to people. But if my exams are over when they say they are right now then I really want to travel one last  time.  I just want to experience as much as possible while over here. I would love to go to Namibia but it is such a sparse country that I'm not sure how I would get places. I'm contemplating Cape Town in South Africa but going there would be a very stupid idea so I'm hoping I can find someone who would want to come with me. Either way I've done so much here and don't regret a single moment. I am even contemplating getting an addition to my moon tattoo. It would be a sun to represent my time "under the sun" here in Africa.  This place will stay with me always I don't want to forget a second of it.