Customs Officer: Do you have anything to declare?

response: CAPE TOWN RULES!

Amy and I are back in the moz, wishing we had another week in South Africa. Cape Town was amazing. It felt like Muskegon in the summertime: warm days and chilly nights. We explored, shopped, and ate like gluttonous kings. I made it my personal mission to consume 4,000 calories of dairy products a day in an attempt to make up for the lack of milk in my diet over the past 5 months. Here's the breakdown of our adventure:

The Two Oceans Aquarium--did you know that malfunctioning toasters kill more people a year than sharks?

Natural history museum and planetarium--nerd heaven! They had an exhibit of the best nature photos of the year. And we learned all about southern hemisphere constellations.

Community Gardens--my happy place. You could find me there most mornings, sipping a latte, reading a book, people watching, and enjoying the flora.

Shark cage diving--Amy threatened to use me as shark bait if I didn't stop singing pirate songs. We only had one Great White come up to our boat all day. We got to see it from the deck. We suited up in our wet suits and waited for another one to show up so we could hop in the cage. Sadly, we waited for 3 hours with no luck. But it was a lovely day at sea! We even saw whales.

Wine tour--I got a phone call from my mom while I was sipping on a lovely cab. She called to tell me that I'm an auntie! Andrew Chapman Bishop was born!!!

Table Mountain--it was like being on the stair climber for 2 1/2 hours. Great view from the top!

The beach--kind of funny to think we were just on the other side of the pond

Amy and I are heading out on Monday morning to resume our projects. Amy's actually moving up to Alto Molocue for the next 2 months in order to enroll patients in her study. I'll spend the next week on the road, going up to Gile, Alto Molocue, Ile, then Lugela. And then I'll be on the road for all of February. Not going to lie. We're pretty excited to be collecting data.