Cape Sun Inter-Continental Cape Town

01/10/09<br><br>I thought it was going to be difficult. We were 5 minutes late, as it ended up the Customs officer was 45 minutes late he really could not care less. I tried reading the VIN number from the bike and couldn't because it was dark in the warehouse. All was good. Bolted the front wheel on and ...

... though, so I didn&#8217;t get to ask too many questions (oh well). <br><br>After feeling like I was in the way for a while, I left to go to the waiting room, where there were so many children waiting to be seen. I brought my notebook, sat down on the floor, and just played with them for about 20 minutes. These kids are dying for attention. They loved to sit on my lap, slap my glove-covered hands over and over and over again, touch my face ...

... the world!! I got a picture at the Most South West portion of Africa (the Cape is not the Souternmost point as the coast jets down about 130km south along the coast). We then went hiking up these amazing cliffs in the area and you are a few hundred feet above and looking down at the ocean crashing into the cliffs and the beach below. There were some amazing rock formations coming out of the ocean and it was quite surreal. It was cold and rainy but well worth it ...

Today was another normal day of B classes. After lunch at noon I headed out to lay out for a few hours before our sea meeting (hall meeting). I got extremely burnt on the back of my thighs, arms, and lower back after just laying out for two hours with my 45 SPF sunscreen on. I am glad that I didn't stay out there much longer than that because my burns are already pretty painful. I have put a lot of lotion on them and hopefully will be ok for snorkeling ...

... Meaning that the place we went to for lunch was not only packed but they were belting out really loud thumping music (I sound old don't I ??) The food turned out to be a lot better than I 'd expected and afterwards it was back in the minivans and off around the township. To our amazement we ended up in the same section of township we went to 3 years earlier and in the same shabeen (drinking den). It was actually really nice to go ...

... before the route around South Africa by sea was discovered, all trade had been overland. From the Cape of Good Hope we drove on to the B&amp;B we had booked in Cape Town. Our JPS system worked fine and we found the place easily. By the time we got to Cape Town I was tired of driving so it was good to park the car and take a stroll to Cape Town's waterfront in the evening. The waterfront is a large shopping complex with attached ...

... 1000 feet before he pulled the parachute. Once the chute was out my instructor let me steer it, which was quite cool. We went in big circles left and right, which made my stomach turn as well, and then he showed me how to almost stop us from falling. 10 minutes after jumping I was back on solid ground. The landing was very smooth, all I had to do was act like I was sitting and then ...

... and gift shop up there as well. You were able to see all of Cape Town, our ship in the harbor, all up and down the coast, and Robin Island out in the ocean, it was great. We headed down via the cable car, headed back to the ship, and then out into town for a great meal and some drinks. The next morning the Kagga Kamma trip I was on left for our 3-day kind of sort of safari. I say kind of sort of because it is more of just ...

... gorge. I said to AD, "That's something that would be worthy of an MHMF challenge!" We looked at each other and laughed, neither of us being very good with heights. I don't even like fairground rides very much, so you can imagine that the idea of doing the world's highest gorge swing seemed completely ridiculous. <br><br>On the day we visited Oribi Gorge (which is very beautiful, by the way) I considered the real possibility of doing the jump. I said to AD, "You know, I just might jump ...