July 7

Being patient sure is hard! I think I did an alright job of faking it today, though. Today, with about 90 students visiting from the Johannesburg campus, we took a boat out to Robben Island. There we were able to see the facilities, which held imprisoned political activists during Apartheid, including the cell of Nelson Mandela. In total, I think that during the first part of the day we spent about 50% of the time waiting. Later, we took the kids up Lion’s Head (our second time up). Instead of climbing all the way up I marinated on a rock for a bit, then made my way back to the buses and waited for about two hours for everyone else to make their way down from the top. This was absolute torture. When the kids started coming down I immediately felt stinging feelings of guild as the smiles and excitement became apparent. I’m such an ass! Another lesson learned. As we started loading up the buses we looked over and saw the full moon rising over the opposite mountain and it was so beautiful. This picture doesn’t really do it justice, but hopefully it gives a good enough idea of what it looked like. Enjoy…