"Thus the greatest profit I derived from [travelling] was that... I learned not to believe anything too firmly of which I had been persuaded only by example and custom; and thus I little by little freed myself from many errors that can darken our natural light and render us less able to listen to reason. But after I had spent some years thus studying in the book of the world and in trying to gain some experience, I resolved one day to study within myself too and to spend all the powers of my mind in choosing the paths that I should follow. In this I had much more success, it seems to me, than had I never left either my country or my books."
-René Descartes

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Some things I want to share!

Many apologies for my hiatus from this blog! One thing about adjusting to South Africa is adjusting to the realities of internet usage. It's a city that is, for the most part, just as industrialized as anywhere in the US but things just work differently here. You can purchase the same amount of internet and one day it can last you an hour and the next just eight minutes. You must constantly be ready and able to adjust your contanct to the limitations of the unknown. However as I'm savoring my last minutes of internet before my departure to my rural homestay (aka no SHOWERS, let alone some wireless) I'd like to share with you again some memorable pictures from my past few weeks. Time is slipping away too quickly, as usually, so it's nice to have something to ground me in the present and allow me to reflect on the last few weeks amidst worries about summer internships/fall housing/life, etc. ENJOY!

 Nelson Mandela's Cell

 Me with a penguin... before it bit me on my leg.

 Two oceans, one picture.

Me at the southernmost tip of Africa.
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