Goodbye South Africa - its been good.

We woke up, packed up yet again, only this time it was for good. The emotions of today were mixed as we were excited to go home but also sad to be saying goodbye. Chris drove us to a market called Chameleon, which was huge! We stayed there for about 4 hours, bartered and bought lots of stuff. This was our only opportunity really to shop and get some souvenirs.

Surprisingly, us 2 were done shopping in 2 hours! We then ate some samosas for lunch and walked around. Once everyone was done, Chris drove us to the airport and dropped off one of the girls as well as Melanie. She was going to Cape Town to join up with Neal. The rest of us went to the mall for a bit and then were dropped off at the airport as well.

When we got there, we saw that our flight had been delayed! This sent us all into a bit of a panic as we would be sure to miss our connecting flight! It must have been our lucky day as all 4 of us were able to get seats from JoBerg to London on an earlier flight. We waited for 4 hours in the JoBerg airport and did some people watching and phoning. We then boarded the plane and enjoyed 11 hours in the air. We arrived at Heathrow, and had 11 hours of waiting time. We tried to get earlier flights, but there were none, so we went through security and waited. It was down to 3 at this point as one of the girls had an early flight to begin with. So the three of us read, slept, walked around and ate. We then persisted to get up every 5 minutes to see if our flights were on the boards yet, and finally, after 10 hours mine was! So I went to the terminal, got on the plane and had another 10 hour or so flight. The other girls all got their fights and within 11 hours all of us were safe and sound at home. I talked to Mel, and she is doing really well in Cape Town.

That was the official end to our great trip. There were a lot of memories made, a lot of stories to be told and a lot of people to stay close with. I already miss SA and hope to go back one day and I know Mel feels the same way. I hope you all enjoyed our blog and pictures!

Check out Mel and Neal's blog for their adventures in Cape Town and Ireland:

melandnealvolunteersouthafrcia.blogspot.com (and yes there is a spelling mistake in there!)