I have 10 minutes left on this internet account, so I'm sorry I'll be brief. There's so much to read now!! and thank god, because I've finished four of my books since getting ehre Tuesday night. Yesterday wwas the first baboon day=== up at 6AM, back at 7PM, all baboons in the middle, following them point to point as they ate, shat, yelled and raided a passing picknicker. No kidding, they stole the sandwich right from her hand.
the day before i sp[ent trekking through the dunes and mountains of Cape Point, looking for an elusive group of 40 baboons. Couldn't find them, but found a dozen 18the century shipwrecks instead. sweeeeet.
it's gorgeous and strange here. hideous poverty, and then mcmansions next to each ohter. GReat white sharks and surfers coexist like they're paid to.
it's all good, the people are in general okay. They're boring, actually. I miss the porch more than ever.
But stil, it's time abroad, and it's fascinating. the use of English here is wideranging, and i've never heard these words used like this before. More to come on this later, when I can actually understand their accents better... british/australian/german cross. confusing
It's pouring today, so no baboons. you all are asleep, most likely, but it's midafternoon here, and we're heading back to the house. Everything is closed on the weekends, including banks, and my ATM card has been locked, and I have no cash. fuck.
The baboons are nasty pieces of shit, but their babies are hilarious-- kittens crossed with, maybe, dolphins or something. They're ridiculously funny and energetic. And the alpha male was playing with himself yesterday and somehow it seemed perfectly normal to the other people.
need to go. probably nothing very interesting in this post, but mainly just wanted to put something up while i had internet access. I am glad to hear you all are at least being busy, and some of your stories are just terrific!! It's very interesting and comorting to see where everyone is going; the rest of the world is so different from stanford, not necessarily in good ways either.
i miss you, probably all of you, though i don't know who's been posting lately... ! five minutes left. more to come when things are actually interesting. and i'l post pics when i have more time. they say much more than these words.
the best to you all, and travel safe. please.
love,
Caroline
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