Day in Cape Town

I had another free day in Cape Town where it rained and was cloudy. But i went to Robben Island which is where Nelson Mandela was imprisioned, eventhough people told me not to go. I did find it cool becuase ex-prisioners give you tours and that was increadable. It took pretty much all day and then i went to have lunch on the water front. Then a cab to Table Moutain and i went up it and STILL was in a cloud at the top but looked around and couldn't really breath at the top. You go up about half the moutain and then take a cable car up to the top. I then came home to catch up on things.....I go on a tour of the wine lands tomorrow and so I am going to get some rest. This vacation thing is tiring! Miss everyone and can't wait to see and talk to you all soon!

SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay again no pictures but i will post pictures to these posts when i get home. I went shark diving and peeing in the Atlantic Ocean. So we went to this sea port that was so beautiful and ate breakfast and then got on the boat. There was a few other people but there was a girl that was definitly not going in the cage and was scared of the Ocean so her and I sat together because i don't like being on the open water like that. So we rode up top though adn enjoyed looking at all the mountain ridges around us. We got out and then put out our "cum line" where you put smashed up fishy water out the back of the boat so that the sharks smell it and come. We have a decoy seal out of wood and a HUGE bait of tuna head to lure them too. FINALLY we got a shark. It was increadable! Then we quickly got in wet suits and that was the end of me. I got in the tank on the side of the boat and never got out. You would just hang out in the cage with 5 others and when the skipper said "DOWN!" you would take a breath and go down to watch the shark swim around you! It was so insane and i think i peed a little. Then we got out and watched the sharks for a little bit. The unfortunate thing was that it is the PERFECT SEASON and we had the PERFECT DAY but for some reason this year there are no sharks...go figure. So we only saw like 6 and they were one or 2 at a time. The water was a bit murky but we all had a GREAT TIME and i survived. We then saw the seals again and then on the way home i felt pretty sea sick as we had been on the water for about 5-6 hours by then and so i don't really remember the way home. Then we rode 1 and a half hours back home. It was a great and adventurous day! Oh yeah and that girl who was pertirfied of the water...she when in the TANK!

Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point

I think people were right when they said "OH MY GOSH YOU HAVE TO GO TO CAPE TOWN IT IS SOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!" I realized that today because I went on an all day tour today. We started off driving down the coast and stopped to take a boat tour to see sea lions jumping and playing far out in the water on this speical island that they love in Hout Bay. Then we reloaded the van and headed to see PENGIUNS in Boulders. There are all these pengiuns on the beach and they are just waddling around and i almost died becuase i wanted to squeeze one really badly but obiously you can't touch them. They would dive in for swims adn they had babies and it was amazing to watch. Then we got BACK on the bus and went down to the National Park where the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point are...tips of Africa where they Atlantic Ocean meets. WOWWWWWW! First we drive in then we get on bikes and bike through the national park. The views were unreal and breathtaking although I had to stop on my bike about every 3-4 seconds to take yet ANOTHER picture. Then we stopped for a picnic lunch and then road our bikes again all the way to the point. The views wer just increadable. I can't even describe in words with the water hitting the rocks and cliffs out from the mountians and then more mountians in the distance. Then we got off the bikes and hiked in the heat of the day...people that know me know how much i love hiking...or truthfully don't like it at all. We pretty much hiked the great wall of China. We hiked straight up this mountain and cliff to get views that will take your breath away (you also can't breath from the hike) then we hiked all the way for about an hour through the moutains to a lighthouse. BUT the trick was that the lighthouse climb an hour later was STRAIGHT UPHILL again. I told people i better be prepared with what i am going to say to God because we had climbed up so much I thought we were going to reach him at the top. We made it to the light house and it was brethtaking views AGAIN! Everywhere you turn it was so unbelievable! Then we got in the van and road all the way back home taking pictures and learnign along the way. We had a great group and a lot of fun! I can't wait for my shark diving adventures tomorrow!

RUGBY South African style

The rugby match was the New Zealand Cheifs against the South African Stormers. I was voting for the Chiefs for a friend and also the Stormers have not been good this season...yes i can make statements like that because i have been in Africa for more then a month and watched approximitly 3 games so I am authorized to make blanket statements about rugby. So this guy has an amazing company that he started up where he gets a group together to BBQ or have a Bri (as they say out here) and it is usually by the stadium but this was at his house due to the weather...his house was UNREAL! Then you eat and drink with him for 2 hours and then you go to the game and you all sit together and then he takes you home (although we went to a bar first and then home). We had such a fun time. I loved the Rugby!

Cape Town, South Africa WATCH OUT!

Of course my flight to cape town was delayed until the afternoon so John, the guy that runs the lodge who was going to drop me off ended up having to drage me around with him all day in Harare until my flight left. I got to Cape Town late at night and so came straight to the Ashanti Lodge, where I was staying and went to bed. Nothing too exciting. The lodge is apparently for backpackers (of which i am not since i roll in with my rolling bags and nothing on my back) but it is soooo nice. We all share a communal kitcken and showers and bathrooms. THen i have a room with a bed and a sink and LITERALLY that is it. I really like the place though. The next day i got up after laying in till 7am (big sleep in these days) and then went to the desk and asked what to do. After getting set up I set out in the rain to take an open top bus tour whcih was GREAT (besides the rain and fog). I learned a lot and saw the city. I went to Table Mountian but didn't go all the way up on the cable car because it was ZERO yes ZERO visablity and they were still selling tickets...hummm interesting. So i just went around in a big loop and got off in Camps Bay which is absolutly unreal and walked around and ate lunch. I am sure it is gorgeous when it is not raining but i didn't have that luck...Fischer luck. I still LOVED IT! It reminds me though of the rich quite areas in California with the water adn the moutains. I would love to post pictures but i can't on here. Then I returned home to go to a rugby game!

Zambezi Trip

So the grandson, Reilly, who now runs the volunteer program, of the man who started saving Black Rhinos and two other guys, James Reed and Jamie (and hopefully a fourth) are going to set off soon down the Zambezi. I tell you about this because they are raising money to help educate more people on how the black rhinos are not going to survive without help and to raise money to help protect the ones they have. They breed and raise them and then stories like this happen. One that they donated had a baby and poachers came through and darted the rhino (so it wasn't even dead) then took the horns and skinned the face. The next morning the mom rhino was walking with no face with her abby behind her....they had to put her down as she was in so much pain...OBVIOUSLY. and there are so many other stories like this. It is getting so out of control. The Amimal Planet came and made a documentary called "A Rhino In My House" and it should air may of 2010 but even this film doesn't quite depict the severity of danger that these rhino are in. So these guys are goign to canoe down the Zambezi River from source to sea, which has never been completed becuase of illness or death. They are going to run into a great deal of obsticles but they feel this is something they want to do to show how important this issue is. So i tell you all this so that if anyone wants to donate money or resources for their trip or to save the rhinos PLEASE tell me and we will work something out. I know this is the second time i have asked for donations but i have witnessed how sick and sad the rhinos situation is and it breaks my heart. I donated money for the rhinos and supplies for the guys. ANYTHING would help. They adn I would really appreciate it. I will post thier website when i remember it...which is clearly not now. Thanks everyone for all the help you have given...it does not go unnoticed.