Victoria And Alfred Hotel Cape Town

<br>My family and I left Cape Town on a 10 day visit to Port St Johns and were blown away.<br><br>The humility of the peopl, the weather, the fruit, craysfish oh! man the list goes on<br>and most of all was the down to earth stay at Ferry Point. No frills and laces, no rules,<br>just ...

... Pretty much the whole town, as well as many other outsiders, come here every Sunday for a braai, or a huge barbeque. It is such a neat place! These people really know what it means to CHILL. Our group was a great mix of white and black S. Africans, as well as all of the interns. We lucked out and got to see a few famous S. African comedians who happened to be there that day perform their acts. Because there are 3 major languages spoken in Cape ...

... anteater paws, goat intestants, a dead baby baboon, etc, etc) and a cabinet filled with very healthy lotions, potions, and other brews. All very helpful if you have a headache, a troubled love-life, or if your cattle is not reproducing fast enough... They say. An afternoon trip to Table mountain (yes, by cable cart, we were lazy) on a clear day gave some fine pictures. Great views and we spotted some dassies. These leaf-eating rabbit-dogs are made famous by the dutch song 'Annie, hou jij ...

... them to how many children are in the township. Our next stop was at a local craft market and church in Khayelitsha. I am so happy that I was there on Sunday because everyone was out and walking around or either in church. I got to attend part of the church service which was very touching. During reading of scripture if the verses are supposed to be sung then everyone sings them. Also after the sermon everyone went up to the front and place ...

... and a bucket of water with a smaller scoop inside of it placed in the corner of the room. Occassionally there was also a spraying spigot, like the kind we use in America to clean dishes, involved.) My Macbook felt particularly unreal--so polished, clean, slick! I guess what really overwhelmed me was the number of things that were MINE. Suddenly I had many pairs of shoes to choose from, a closet full of ...

... with Ruth, Aaron and Raina, along with 3 other students and Raina's boyfriend, who are here at UCT with another program called InterStudy. We went to Fat Cactus, a Mexican restaurant that has pitcher margaritas for really cheap. But I must admit that they're nothing like MadMex's, nor close to a special margarita recipe I've heard of.. Monday 14 July Cape Peninsula Tour with all the international students that will be at UCT this ...

... in its own way. Malawi for it's colourful &amp; friendly people, Zanzibar for it's beauty, Namibia for the crazy things I did which I never thought I would do &amp; South Africa for the great times I had with some great people. I have met so many people &amp; made some great friends during my trip. There are those who I travelled or lived with &amp; will definately see ...

... me. All pumped up about going to the Point and the Winelands I was relegated to organized day tours if I wanted to visit the areas. With the trip down to Cape Point I started to realize why everyone was talking about Cape Town. If I didn't know any better I would swear I wasn't in Africa anymore. It reminded me of my visit to Singapore, when I couldn't believe that there was such a clean, modern, and westernized city in SE Asia. The 87 ...

... t seen one in over 2 weeks. That's the same time I found the man of my dreams. His name is Tal and he is a ranger and the most gorgeous man I've ever seen. I spent the rest of the time trying to track him instead of the animals! After we left the cheetah we stopped for some snacks and they proceeded to set up a picnic and entire mini bar right on the front of the truck. Gin and tonics in the middle of the African bush were rather good. After that Themba, the tracker ...

... who started the school) showed us around and explained that her goal is to prepare students to leave the township and join the regular schools. She helps them build their basic school skills but also gives them the confidence to go out into the outside world. She said many had never seen a traffic light and that when she's first started she would take them into the city and teach them to cross the street. It was a really amazing and inspiring place to visit. We also visited a crafts ...