My last day in South-Africa

It seemed like yesterday when I was writing my first weblog about going to SA...and now this adventure is already over!

The goodbye was hard, I tried not to cry, but had to. I preferred the children to remember me with a smile on my face, but when the floodgates open, they open! So with tears in my eyes I was leaving Mother of Peace.
Some of the kids and housemoms wrote me a farewell note, which was so sweet. One of the children didnt want to give me a hug, as if she new it was going to be the last one... It felt like I was abandoning them and that was the last thing I came here for. Then again, if the goodbye would have been easy, the experience wouldnt have been so great as it has been! Despite the warning of my volunteer coordinator there is one thing I failed big time: Do NOT get too attached to the children. I got attached to them and to the housemoms and caregivers and everybody concerned with MOP. It made the goodbye hard, but the experience unforgetable.

But life goes on... time for some serious backpacking. Although it feels a bit strange to focus mainly on having fun, spending money, party and experience the luxourious site of SA, it probably is the best thing to do! My first stop was Coffee Bay where there was so much to do, that I had hardly any time to miss MOP. I went surfing, hiking and enjoyed the backpackers life along the East Coast of SA!

At the moment I am in Cape Town, where tomorrow my flight will leave to India (via Bombay, Bangalore to Mysore). Cape Town is great and there is something for everybody. Or, like in my case, there is everything for somebody (me)! I went winetasting (the pictures show you how many tasting I had), went up to Table mountain and abseiled down (not scary at all), did some shopping, drumming, took a trip to a township including church session (very impressive) and drove to the Cape of Good Hope (including a visit to the pinguins).

From now on my Asian adventures will be posted on www.mirjamhaenen.whereareyou.net which is also accesible via www.mirjamhaenen.com

If you were on this mailinglist, you will also be on the new one, so no worries, I will keep you posted.

By the way, my African phone number will no longer be valid, so please use my Dutch one again: +31623406991. My Norwegian one doesnt work.

Take care,
love,
hug,
MJ

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