Richelle Marasigan

Past Entries

Entry 1

Entry 2

Editor's Note: From January 3-15, the Emory women's tennis team is visiting South Africa. Team members are e-mailing diary entries.

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January 5, 2005

The Emory women's tennis team was set and ready to begin its journey on to South Africa. The busy morning began very early in the morning with Breana rushing to get everyone up, so we could head to the meeting place in front of the gym.

The plane ride was going to be a long one. We all waited in the Atlanta airport trying to get our last walk in before the 20-hour plane ride ahead. The plane went from Atlanta to Sal Island to Johannesburg and then finally to our final destination of Capetown.

Although the plane ride seemed to never end, we had a variety of movies to choose from. Those who were not able to rest their eyes were able to watch five movies and the on-flight video games that were always entertaining.

Finally, we arrived at the airport and were greeted by our friendly tour guide, Allen. The bus drove us to the house we would be staying at and we took some time to get settled in to our new "home" in Capetown.

Then, we were off to see the sites of this new place, learning new facts and went to Signal Island to take some pictures of the fantastic views. The last stop of the day was the Waterfront where we ate dinner at a seafood place called Ocean Basket.

We were all a bit jetlagged after the long journey, so after walking around for a little while after dinner we headed back to the Wilton Manor to get a good night rest for tomorrow's big day.

Richelle Marasigan is a sophomore from Stockton, Calif.