Yes, it's been a while (a loooong while) as some of my readers have pointed out, but I have good reason to have been absent for so long. I've been working hard and traveling harder. While I have no intention of slowing down now that summer vacation is near (although it's getting chillier here in Windhoek, our version of winter), I do hope to at least make a better attempt to write here more often. I had some amazing adventures in East Africa and sadly, had the misfortune of being in Kenya at the time of the election madness. I had already been there for several months when the elections happened and although I was nowhere near ready to leave (I never am, I love Kenya) my parents felt that it was best for my own safety to move on to Tanzania, which I hadn't planned on visisting til a few months later. It was heartbreaking to see what became of such a lovely country, but I'm quite glad to see that things are slowly but surely returning to their peaceful state. Tanzania was stuuuuuunning! Got to head to Mt. Kilimanjaro and visited Dar Es Salaam, Arusha and even Zanzibar. I think if I ever get tired of living in Namibia, TZ is my next home! Spoke to my old roommates Ama and Ngozi who are still in Canada and bragged about snorkeling and scuba diving while they were suffering through the dead of winter lol. I got some hate mail (sprinkled with love and laughter, of course) :) from them. I miss them and their crazy selves, but I don't miss Canada! For those who were raised in Africa like me, or lived in (however briefly) Africa, you all know that nothing can compare to the sweetness of the breeze in your hair or the sunshine on your face. There is just something about an African sunset that makes it unlike any other in the world. I am glad to be back and to have rekindled my love affair with my favorite continent! I'm going to visit some family in Europe in a few weeks, so more travel tales to come. It's good to be back, in more ways than one :)