Where am I now?

If you really want to see where I am, go to Google Earth and look up Kosi Bay, South Africa. You will see I am in a small village on the Eastern Coast about 10 km south of Mozambique. As I sit here all I hear are birds. I think I can make out about 5 different ones at the moment. I got here a few days ago and let me tell you that it was a shock to my system to be alone. I really didn’t know what to do with myself at first. I am literally in the middle of no where in my own wooden thatch hut in the forest. There’s a small pool and a hanging out area that is just a thatch roof with couches and big overstuffed chairs and millions of pillows around. It’s quite Kosi. (hehe get my joke!?) This place is quite big and I don’t even know where the main guy’s house is. I follow the pathway about 2 minutes to the bathroom, then another minute or so to the kitchen, and from there to the pool and lounge area. The pathways are made from small trees. They are small circular and lined up side-by-side and nailed down. The entire walkways are made of them, I’m tempted to count how many to get to the bathroom but I honestly would guess a couple hundred- and I would probably get distracted lose track as I was counting.
Anyways……I am out here on my own and trying to not follow any schedule. I really want to go to bed when I’m tired and get up when I’m not tired anymore and eat when I’m hungry and not eat if I’m not hungry. I don’t want to look at my watch and I want to forget what day of the week it is. The best part is that I can do it. I’ve got nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one to be with. I can do whatever I want whenever I want to do it. It is a tad bit overwhelming but also extremely exciting. There are two other guys staying here but that is it. They are down the path farther away from me and the only interaction I’ve had with them so far has been hearing them talk in some foreign language as they pass by me.
It’s halfway through my day and I haven’t said a single word out loud. I sit here and think a lot. I read magazines and the reading bible Steph gave me. I wash my clothes in the sink and hang them on my porch. I plan to do yoga on my porch in the mornings- I’m excited about that! I hope to go running later. It is actually quite chilly here at the moment. Yesterday it was extremely hot and I spent it chilling in the pool. The water would dry off my skin in about two minutes when I got out- that’s how hot it was. Last night was a massive thunderstorm. It was great except that the power went out. I still have not been smart and bought a flashlight so I use my IPOD, which actually works quite well except for running down the battery so quickly. I was in the shower when the power went out and so that was a fun experience. The clouds made it get pretty dark so that by 5:30ish I really couldn’t do anything without using my IPOD. I think I went to bed around 6 simply because I had nothing to do and even if I wanted to do something- I wouldn’t have been able to see myself do it. So that was an exciting night. But the point of the story is that the rain cooled it off and I got to sleep snug beneath a sheet and blanket and in my mosquito net, which hangs from the ceiling like a child’s fairy tent. I like it but it was annoying me last night because my legs kept on getting caught up in it. But anyways, the weather was quite a change from earlier when I took a nap naked on top of the sheets with the fan blowing directly on me and still sweating. (sorry for you PG readers!)
I know this is quite random blogging and for that I am sorry, the only thing I can say is that by not saying much the past few days- now that I have the chance to say it, it’s just sort of all spilling out in random chunks. I have thought of so much and have only been here for umm two days now. Can you imagine how odd they are going to be after being here for two whole weeks?!!? Ahhh quite exciting for you to think about! I have a feeling my creative spirit will come about. Oh another exciting thing, but this is for me, I will get to go to Mozambique after all!! The guy here, Mike, says he knows a great place there where you stay directly on the ocean. He’s going to take me up there for a few days. Ever since being here and hearing about Mozam from those who have gone there- I have wanted a chance to be able to see it. It should be good. I plan on taking lots of pictures so I hope to share them with you all at some point.
Oh so drinking the water here is a bad idea Mike says. Well I didn’t buy water so I haven’t got anything to drink. Things like this are one of the reasons why I am getting somewhat ready to go back to the States. How’s Obama doing by the way? Okay I’m back off to my little world. Cheers. (My swaziland blog is on it's way- be patient!)