Only a day left and I finally get a chance to use the computer again. I used my last time to post pictures, which I hope everyone has enjoyed. I will be posting lost more just after I return, so stay tuned. We hear so much about crime in the cities and townships that you start to get a perception of what it is going to be like, but your whole image completely goes out the window when you actually get there. I have felt more at risk in cities in the US than I have in the townships and squatter camps here.

We leave in only 4 hours now and I am both excited and nervous. There are so many things I think I am forgetting, but I'm sure everything will work itself out. I am going to miss my friends and family, but most of all I am thinking about how much I am going to miss my wife. Since we met, we haven't been apart for more than a few days and I hope everything goes well while I am away. My wife and I went on a trip to Greece in July, but prior to that I had never been out of the country.