The Bay Camps Bay

... way. There is no ministry work to be done there. Just a chance to be a tourist in one of the most naturally beautiful places I have seen.

Once we arrived in Cape Town, we drove to Vergelegen Winery for lunch. The grounds are so stunning one wonders if they are real. We all sat outside under a grapevine covered pergola to eat. What a serene setting - we nearly stayed there all afternoon soaking it all in. The group was treated to a wine ...

... rain stopped today!!! ( : After 4 days straight of rain, it was SOO great to see blue skies and the warm sun. mmm…

Thursday mornings at the clinic are supposed to be for pregnant women only. A place called “Retreat,” a clinic that cares for pregnancy, is supposed to send its workers and equipment to the IY clinic every Thursday. They didn’t come last week, and I was excited to see more of what they do today. Well… ...

... to meet him for dinner. for dinner, we tried the best seafood place in camps bay called the codfather....as in the Godfather. it was a place where they have the fresh catch displayed in a case and you pick what you want. the calamari was the best calamari we've had ever. hands down. we also had butter fish, tuna, angel fish, and a ton of prawns. all were so good but the calamari was like butter. it was a great place and we're for sure to go back. the weather gets warmer ...

... armed response on pretty much every building...yet it feels quite safe. The V&A Waterfront is our destination and is a beautiful mix of working harbor and shopping district. Right next door is a huge park along the water where they're building a new soccer stadium for the World Cup in 2010 (that's right they also call it soccer here). We wader around seeing a huge Chilean Navy sailboat, seals playing in the water next to high school crewmen practicing in the ...

... are conducted by a registered tour guide in luxury air conditioned vehicles. We speak German, English and Afrikaans. We are fully insured for passenger liability and vehicle insurance. Dress: Casual Price Day Tour Rate: R400 per person Special Rate : R800 per person including Day Tour and Accommodation with Breakfast at Cape Town Seamore-Express Guest house Includes Please note all our prices are inclusive of entrance fees, it excludes Lunches ,Dinner ...

... I have just given you. We all loved him and grabbed a table with him and his friend and continued to laugh and have a good time. It was Carrie and Elaine's last night and Carries birthday to boot. Then next morning we woke up as the girls were trying to get everything together to fly home and I felt like death. I mean, everything that could feel wrong did and I am pretty sure I had a fever somewhere around 102 or 103. Carrie, frowned at me. "You look terrible." "I feel horrible ...

... was extremely friendly and we saw some amazing animals. Food was perfect, we learnt so much from our amazing tracker, and the 5.30 morning didn't even phase me because you would wake up excited to see new things. It really was just the BEST THING EVER! On our last day the morning drive was seeming pretty quiet, the animals seemed to be hiding away from us, but an hour in the most amazing thing happened.... a herd of OVER 100 elephants (huge bulls ...

... a Mississippi cotton framer's home circa 1965 as they preach how the world may have been better if the south would have one; or how the Apartheid really was a good idea on paper overlooking the genocidal atrocities that were taking place while it was in practice. On the other side of the river it tends to be just as bad. Parents waiting to pick their kids up after school to tell Sarah and me to give them money. These are the parents... looking for their handouts from the "Rich ...

... huge, sprawling, very poor, and intensely crime ridden townships east of Cape Town and surrounding the airport. So we biked on the N1. This is like arriving in Seattle by biking I5. Good shoulder, but lots of traffic, even first thing on a Sunday morning. The shoulder went away as we hit town, which provided a hair raising final kilometer before we could dive off the next exit onto much quieter surface streets, and we made ...

... Table Mountain. The sky was totally clear so I was lucky to have a perfectly clear view from the top. It is a view that lives up to it's expectations. The day ended with a visit to the Victoria and Alfred dockside for a few evening drinks and an early night. Wednesday was an early start because I was off cage diving with Great White sharks. Woohoo. After a 2 hour drive I joined up with the rest of the group full of expectations, and then I ...