Fun & Adventure

We took advantage of the free time we had by seeing the sights of Cape Town and even traveling a bit to do some really fun things! I posted another photo album with pictures of everything I did. Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. My pictures don't do it justice because everywhere you look it was like a post card. We managed to get some really good weather days, but it was also very cloudy and rainy. Some of the side trips we took were to see the winelands and go to the Cape of Good Hope. We took one trip that was about 5 hours east of Cape Town along the Garden Route. This is what they call Adventure Weekend! I got to zip line, ride an elephant, go caving and to a game park. Some brave souls bungy jumped, but I chickened out. One of the most fun things I did was to climb Table Mountain. It took me two hours, but it was worth it because the views are amazing from up there. You can see the whole city below. My friend Aly and I also took a Speedboat Adventure Tour around all the beaches. It was a lot of fun and much more adventurous than we anticipated :-)

We went to some great restaraunts and heard some really good live music. Our favorite place was a restaraunt called Mama Africa that had a great marimba band. I even tried some game dishes, which were pretty good. I was worried about finding food I liked to eat before I went, but I was fine. Suprisingly there is a lot of pasta in Cape Town! I made some really good friends as you can see in the photo album. I think my trip was a very good balance of my volunteer placement, cultural learning, and FUN!