Qinghe Water Reclamation Plant – this is, you guessed it, a waste water treatment plant. Or, more specifically, they clean sewage so the water can be used in car washes, to provide irrigation and the like (thankfully, not drink). The city is definitely proud of this plant and the 12 others just like them it built for the Olympics. Ther... Read More (0 Comments)

Im leaving for Hungary in September for 4 months!. I havent been to Eastern Europe so we will see how it goes…and we we’ll see if i can find housing. verrrrrrrry excited :)

Hey all again. So it’s hard for me to blog about Cape Town because it was truly amazing. I’ve never done so much in one week. It may have been one of the best weeks of my life. I’ll do my best to document the rest of the week and try to explain why it was so truly amazing.

Before getting into the details let me reiterate how m... Read More (0 Comments)

So I’m in Cape Town, South Africa and it’s really pretty amazing. It actually strikingly resembles San Francisco, which puts me automatically in a good mood. You’ll never believe what I did today. Today I jumped the tallest bungee jump in the world (off the Bloukrans River Bridge in Plett, South Africa). I’ll get to details later, bu... Read More (0 Comments)

Brazil was incredible. We pulled into port to yet another beautiful sunrise. Kate, Natalie, Meggie and I went up to the seventh dock to watch the sunrise over the city of Salvador. We came in on the last day of Carnaval, which I hope most of you are familiar with.
Carnaval is a weeklong festival hosted in all the major cities of Braz... Read More (0 Comments)