A Detour to Cape Town
Posted on: 12.01.2009
Sorry about being away for so long. We’re having a great time, but we do miss Korea and our friends there. We had 2 great weeks in India. A very cool place, but it was monsoon season, so it was really very wet, all the time. The sun did manage to come out the last few days we were there and India literally transformed.
We’re now in Cape Town, we were supposed to be in Kenya, but that got cancelled because there are pirates on the eastern coast of Africa, the water their are unsafe. I wouldn’t mind about the pirates if one of them looked like Johnny Depp. So, our first day was scrambling to find accommodations. We were fortunate enough to find one of the best Cape Town South Africa hotels with room available and for a very reasonable rate. We told them our story about Kenya and the pirates, hoping they’d take pity on us, and we feel they did.
So, by just winging it, we went skydiving at 10,000 feet. I think I’ve definitely conquered my fear of heights. We could see Table Mountain and Robyn Island and the country side of Cape Town. We also visited Simon’s town, which is where Cape Town navy is located. We ate lunch at Kalk Bay and we were able to see a ton of whales, which are here currently because it’s mating season.
We went to Boulder beach to visit the penguins and hiked Table Mountain, which by the way, took us over 6 hours, mainly because we got lost, and the trail we picked was the hardest one. Later, did we find out that there are 12 trails that go up Table Mountain. There’s so much more to tell you about Cape Town, but right now, I’m off to spend my last day in Cape Town checking out the local market and visiting the District 6 museum. Kenya will just have to wait.
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