Hello!!! I am back in Cape Town after my trip down the Garden Route! The last few days at Jefferys Bay were amazing....lots of great surf to watch the pros on and lots of parties!!! I won't bore you with the stories but I got a lot of good ones and some great pictures....think drunk pro surfers...a not so drunk mischievous Meghan.....and a camera....definitely not the way you typically see the surfers!
After Jefferys I traveled to Knysna, a harbor town, where an inferior catamaran to my parents are made. The town was small but beautiful. I walked to the headlands at the opening to the harbor for an amazing view and strolled through town....in about 3 hours. It was nice to relax there though after the late nights in Jefferys.
Today was my first full day back in Cape Town and I joined my new buddies Jenny and Nadia (they are from Sweden and we have been traveling together since Jefferys) on an excursion to Robben Island. Robben Island is the Alcatraz of South Africa. It is here where political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela were put during the apartheid years. The tour was amazing, all the guides are ex political prisoners who were locked up mostly for sabatoge..aka..fighting for black rights. It was fascinating to hear about the stories of the prisoners on the island and the reasons they were there.
Tomorrow we are hopefully off to hike up Table Mountain and abseil down (shhhh don't tell my mom she may ground me again). Table Mountain is a huge flat topped mountain that stands behind Cape Town. I say hopefully because the weather here, especially on Table Mountain is very unpredictable so until you are there standing on top with the amazing views you never know what you will get. After that I am off to the Cape of Good Hope for a day of hiking and biking. Then one more day in Cape Town before I am flying to Durban.....a last minute decision I made in Jefferys. I have heard so many good things about it and found a cheap ticket so I thought, why not???
Hope things at home are going well for everyone....only 9 more days before I am back home....
Love Meghan
12 years ago
2 comments:
It will be very nice to have you home with plenty of stories and pictures to go with them!
Table mountain is very pretty. You should savor the view, inhale the mystical aromas and contemplate the historical significances...don't start looking for another cheap thrill!
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