Waterfront Village Cape Town

... or simply being there.<br><br>Dancing away I catch the eye of a very good looking mixed race girl who takes me to the bar and buys me a beer. She wants to go outside and talk to me. I think the conversation goes along the line of I have HIV. Not really thinking, I blather out but you are good looking. ( as if its about what you look like) I know its a stupid thing to say after teaching years of PSHE i know the story but I think I mean in my head what a tragic ...

... and I could not wait to be in the sun ( : <br><br>The beach there is incredibly beautiful and relaxing (this is probably getting old when I describe every place this way, but it&#8217;s true!!). While Val and Marisa splashed around with their wetsuits and boards in the water, I strolled along the sand, following the sun as it slowly started to hide behind the mountains. There were so many little South African children and their families there&#8212 ...

... wonder if they were following us we bumped into them that frequently. At Nelson Mandela Gateway we met some of our fellow truckers as we had booked to go to Robben Island with them. Unfortunately, the ferry to the island couldn't go due to high seas; we booked again for the next day hoping for better luck. It was here that we found out from Esther that Big W had read our feedback forms in front of some of the rest of our fellow truckers the previous evening. It was another negative mark ...

... critical. They are the murder capital of the world as well. All that to say I loved South Africa, had no problems, and it has been my favorite port! I got off the ship with Ashley, Heather, and Stef and we went to a sandwich shop to grab some lunch. We were ported in Victoria Wharf which is absolutely gorgeous. We did not have to walk over a mile to get out of the port so that was extremely nice as well! About 100 feet from our boat was ...

We phoned the Bazbus this morning and found that the next bus to Mossell Bay was fully booked, new year has totally thrown us off-track. After considering hiring a car for around 150GBP we settled on getting the Intercape bus for approx 35GBP straight to Oudtshoorn , skipping Mossell Bay, we've booked the tickets and are back on track. And so, on to ...

... to wait, have a cup of coffee. Eventually, we received one of the two rooms, so we went upstairs, showered. Paul was in touch with Ian, so we knew when he would be landing in Cape Town. About 1pm, he arrived at the hotel - almost didn't recognize him after 15 years! We went out for lunch along the waterfront, sitting al fresco at an Italian restaurant that Ian knows. It was a gorgeous day - so clear and ...

... was a pretty turbulent but I still managed to get a good 6 hours sleep (I can sleep anywhere) compared to Lotte who didn't get much at all. We landed at 7am on Thursday and headed straight for the hostel. For those who know the city, we're staying at Cape Town Backpackers, which is just off Kloof Street, by a restaurant called Greens and a Nandos, and about a 5minute walk down to all the bars on Long Street. It's a pretty cool hostel and everyone is really friendly - we've met ...

... it was just getting them to the bath that was the problem. We put a movie in for them and got the house back in order for the night shift person. After work today, Tori, Sophie and I went to a piano bar called Dale's Place. This place was amazing even though there was no piano player tonight. We were the only ones in the whole restaurant for about 10 minutes until a really loud group of older couples came in and were seated right behind us. Our waiter didn't ...

... the end of the day they walk home to their one room huts and brag about the fresh cut up tomatoe that they ate for supper the night before. Every day, I speak to someone new and am surprised by so many of their stories. One day when walking to the train station, the Xhosa teacher from our school walked with us and told us about his home in Khayelitsha (one of the townships we've visited) and how he had to leave his house a 4:45 in the morning just to get to school by ...

... a rope! In truth it was a great experience, the view and the adrenaline rush were amazing. I would totally recommend it to anyone to try, it will cure you fear of heights, thats for sure. Our adventure was supposed to continue with a "combat mission" in an original Huey helicopter, lots of low flight, fast manoueuvres, real vomit inducing stuff but due to high winds it was cancelled. Aw! I guess Melinda's plan to kill me had failed - until the next time!!!!!