Way out of my comfort zone!

I finished at the Madiba Bay Creche (school) yesterday. I took the new volunteer with me to get her aquainted with the teacher and the children and show her what I have been doing. I am actually glad I did three weeks since this last week I really saw a difference with the kids. The new girl is from Australia but grew up in SA until her teens so she can speak Afrikaans and some Xhosa which is a big plus. She is also tall, blond and beautiful. I hate her.
In the afternoon, I went kayaking with Liesa (German girl volunteering in a home for the disabled and mentally retarded) and John (our guide). The river is a bed of mud where you sink down to your ankles trying to float the kayak out. The fish were jumping like crazy making their way upstream to spawn and the river flows through a bedrock of slate and shale.
Today, I said my goodbyes at Island Vibe and was ready to move on. I took the BazBus to Storms River for the night. I went to the Tsiksikamma National Park today and hiked along the coastline where the mountains meet the Indian ocean. It is unbelievable - the waves crashing against the coastline, otters sunning themselves, mongoose abundant as squirrels. It is very surreal. I don't know if I really like this traveling alone thing. It is weird since everyone seems to be under 30. I miss my husband, my family and my friends.
Tomorrow I move onto Knysna for two nights, then to Oudtsthoorn for one night and then to Cape Town for three nights, and then HOME SWEET HOME.
I had dinner in a wonderful restaurant in the middle of what seems to be nowhere. I walked there, but asked if someone could pick me up since it would be dark - no problem.
They assured me it was very safe, but like I said, I am way out of my comfort zone and they totally understood. They also had a spa by the restaurant where David said he had a massage 2 weeks ago - small world.
It felt weird sitting alone in front of a roaring fire having dinner - curried hake, fresh vegies, rice and SA shiraz. The prices are ridiculously inexpensive. A glass of wine at Jeffreys Bay was about
80 cents, dinner under $5.oo. Here, A full gourmet dinner, wine and tip - $15. You don't get that in the USA.
There is a blazing campfire outside the place I am staying and a group of girls singing African music and playing drums.
I find it amazing how worldly everyone is. It seems everyone speaks multiple languages fluently, travel in a foreign country like they were in the next town, meet people as if it were a neighbor. I still have not met anyone from the USA.
I wish I had grown up with my eyes open wider, my horizons broader, my languages multilple - maybe in my next life.