two days left of my fabulous trip then back to swaziland where i have 5 weeks left. i'm ready to go back to canada. i'll enjoy the 5 weeks but i'm excited to finish the internship and go back to school.

the past 2 weeks have been absolutely incredible. i've never seen such scenery in my life! 3 days ago we drove 600km and passed 4 homesteads and 8 cars. this country is so barren. i have no idea what people do if they have car problems. we over-heated twice - once a young guy helped us and the second time we were prepared and had 3 litres of reserve water in the car for the cooler (think that's what it's called). when we finally made it to a village to camp we asked how people get around. "by donkey cart" was the response. of course! we passed a few during our drive. what a slow hot drive!

so much to say. new years was interesting. pulled in to a tiny town around 6pm and pitched our tents. a few locals approached us (already drunk) and offered to bring us to the best party in town. after saying no for a while we gave in, jumped in the back of the truck and off we went. pulled up to this ranch with say, 15 people. yup, bumping party. we left around 9pm because it was just too surreal.

guy: what's your name (with a strong strong accent)

me: katie

guy: what

me: kate

guy: you must be sad about that one

me: why??

guy: kenny! your parents named you kenny!

maybe had to be there but was too funny.