wow, its been along time since weve done anything. i personally blame this on the lack of high spped internet which leads to the fact that it is pointless to try to upload pictures sorry. there is much i have to say but let me start at where we are: we are in tanzanina. 2/3 of our luggage is not. my mom and pete each have a bag here but all i have is my carry on. Honestly, after a day of south african travel, i will be amazed if one team will be able to show up on time for the world cup in 2010. after the snafu with the luggage, we had a rather interesting ride which included a police stop point and a huge accident. as for the rest of the trip's finer points not mentioned thusfar: New years was a rousing success. dispite we were unable to get me to dive with the sharks in the aquarium. the holliday started with ellen and myself deciding that we needed (i needed) champaign. so 30min before we left for the concert, heres my mom and i sprinting through the streets of cape town looking for a liquer store. we finally found one and got to the concert on time. the concert was very enjoyable i prefered dr. victor because he was more of a party performer. when we get back to the states aka: high speed, i will upload some video of the concert. we also had those glow in the dark rave braclets which everyone enjoyed. the concert came to a close with us bribing a taxi driver with chocholate to get us a ride back to long street. we then partied, with my mom somehow being able to sneak by the bouncers. they are now turning off the lights in the lobby and i am finished with my white russian so this is where i will leave the update. -Jim