Finally got to go to Kalk Bay, been wanting to for a while. The small town was quaint, if I could've, I'd give it a hug. As we walked along the docks, we took pictures of a seal swimming along the side. We had seafood straight from today's catch: fish and chips with calamari and grilled prawns. Freshest stuff ever. Then, we headed for some homemade ice cream at the nearby Ice Cafe - among the selection, honeycomb... mmmm. Took the train back to Cape town and got into 1st class unknowingly... got kicked out into the "economy" class in the back cart. You can really tell the class differences here physically (race-wise) and just by walking down the street you get the sense of a struggle and tension in the air. It's actually a lot more UNsafe here than I thought. We try not to go out at night too much and definitely avoid certain areas. However, met some amazing Capetonians on the train. Saw some gorgeous grafitti along the way to Kalk and rode right along the coast of the Atlantic.
Hopped on a taxi when we got back to Cape Town and zoomed our way to Signal Hill to see the sunset. From the glow of table mountain, the shadows of the Fifa 2010 stadium, the colour changes in the clouds and the sparkling city lights, it was breathtaking. Locals were smart and brought their own wine/champagne glasses to toast the sun going down.
As to think the night had already ended, we headed to Mama Africas, a restaurant across our hotel, for dinner where there was a live African band playing reggae while the singer sang opera music. Tried Poitke (sp) for the first time, a wild game stew and then crashed at the hostel.
This city is just plain out -beautiful. If not for the crime, I'd probably want to move here.
Hopped on a taxi when we got back to Cape Town and zoomed our way to Signal Hill to see the sunset. From the glow of table mountain, the shadows of the Fifa 2010 stadium, the colour changes in the clouds and the sparkling city lights, it was breathtaking. Locals were smart and brought their own wine/champagne glasses to toast the sun going down.
As to think the night had already ended, we headed to Mama Africas, a restaurant across our hotel, for dinner where there was a live African band playing reggae while the singer sang opera music. Tried Poitke (sp) for the first time, a wild game stew and then crashed at the hostel.
This city is just plain out -beautiful. If not for the crime, I'd probably want to move here.
Hey Jon! I've missed a lot of posts. Clearly, when I clicked "Be a Follower" last time it didn't work :P It sounds like you've had quite an adventure already. BTW, how many humps did the camel you rode on have? I'm just curious :) And it's good that you're not going out too much at night in Capetown. Coworkers who have been to SA tell me it isn't exactly the safest place there. But I'm sure the city is quite beautiful and that totally makes up for it!
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Hello Vince (or Mister Ho)!
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd give you a little shout out and say HI! Hope you're having fun and being safe too. Sounds like you guys are having an awesome time...(i am so jealous...HAHA :P)
I'm confused - who wrote this post. Vince or Jonathan? Who wants to move there?
ReplyDeleteOI - i see now - JON!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely pic of the sunset
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