Cape Town Lodge Hotel

... in their 30s.

We're spending our first 2 nights in a lodge on the outskirts of Cape Town. This afternoon we went up to the top of Table Mountain, which I was excited about because I never got to go last time I was here due to the weather. It was pretty foggy today as well, but we got bits of view as the fogs shifted, and we got to ...

Happy 4th of July!!

Val and I decided to call a cab to take us downtown, rather than try the minibus system, since we haven't had our transportation orientation yet. Maybe we'll be more adventurous next time. We got dropped off, paid our driver about $6, and headed up to the 10th floor of a building. We walked in to meet the yoga instructor, a really nice white South African ...

... couches for us. Hmmm. Well Caitlin and I were assigned the couch in the living room, which was basically right in the middle of the party. Perfect. The other funny things was that they have three small dogs....a little jack Russel, a weaner dog and a scruffy weaner cross of some kind who was THE cutest ever, sorry Colima but it was. Well, just for fun all three of these dogs decided to share the couch with Caitlin and I... as if it wasn't squished enough already. Needless to say that ...

Today was a normal A day filled with three classes till 3pm. After class I laid out on deck seven with Heather for a little while before I went to work out at 5pm with Audrey and Jessica. The boat has been rockier today because we are traveling at 27 knots in order to get to Mauritius on time. That means we are running on all three engines at almost full speed. I ...

... rivers and down mountains. I wanted to gallop, but we couldn't, but we did get to trot some. Dylan and Blake and their dad Arnold came over tonight for a while and also Paul and Lucille and Sienna. Tonight we had dinner at Winston's house and he is sleeping over tonight. I will miss him when we leave. He goes back to England next week while we are away. Cape Town is such a great place - everyone likes it here a lot. Especially me!

... have been worth every penny. I don't think me and Alli have ever had soo much wine in one day, let alone before 11am! Apparently we should now know a thing or two about wine, but I still know nothing. Except that no matter how amazing brandy is (even the world's best!), is not good! But that I can eat tons of cheese and chocolate with wine forever! We had lots of fun and met some great people, not to mention our guide was hilarious ...

... Siobhan became part of our extended family here in Cape Town. To John and Lynn Ford, our guardian angels from the best wine and gourmet food store "Main Ingredient", thanks for adopting us. We are grateful to all of you for being so generous, positive, welcoming and fun! We had a blast.
We will forever cherish our memories of South Africa and we all fell in love with Cape Town. It was a teary ...

... friendly but I know there is a lot I can learn from their story and historical struggle. A township is lower class living and you would be surprised how talented these people are and how much they have overcome to get to where they are today. Children here are beautiful and I am looking into volunteering in a township to tutor young children or something. At times I feel like I am in America, but at other times I feel like I am either in a National Geographic ...

... big five from hunting. These animals are the most dangerous animals to hunt and will attack humans if threatened. Most of the other animals won't. All in all we saw a cheetah, 12 lions, 5 leopards, zebra, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, an owl, buffalo, rhinos, elephants and a ton of smaller animals. It's NOTHING like being at a zoo like I almost thought it would be. There's something incredible about seeing them in their own territory. I'd go back in a heartbeat. I've ...

... in front. It had a swimming pool too, but you'd need a wet suit to manage the cold. Camps Bay reminded us a lot of South Beach. The area along the beach resembled Ocean Drive, minus the reggaton and hip hop/gangsta action. A strip of over-priced bars, restaurants and hotels with Bollywood productions being filmed on the beach. We actually spent very little time there. While in CT, we hiked Table Mountain, spent a day in Winelands, saw whales in Hout Bay, and ...