On the boat on our way to Cape Town! its getting colder as we move farther away from the equator... so sad because it is going to majorly screw up my tan. i have a 10 page paper to do before i get to cape town which will be hard. I am supposed to compare my experiences in either Manaus or Ghana with the books we read set in those two places. My teacher read an example that i though was amazing and so well done and he said it was either a B or B+. Not sure how i am going to do if that really good paper was only a B... Rumor has it that there are fries for lunch today. BIG day. its kinda sad i feel like my days revolve around when i am going to eat. always hungry on the boat haha. Classes are going well though. I got a 100 on my first religion test and think i did pretty well on my Global Studies quiz. Today in class we talked about HIV/AIDS in Africa and how in some countries in the last 30 years the life expectance has decreased by 10 or more years. really sad reality. anyways we are going forward another hour tonight so i will be 7 hours ahead of everyone! hope all is well at home and in cville!