Cape Town

Cape Town is officially my favorite city ever. It is so beautiful and full of things to do. 97% of SAS students spend their time in SA on an overpriced safari where they might get to see some cool animals. That's sweet but I don't regret deciding to hang out in the city and forgo the safari. Six days in Capetown is barely long enough.

I will give you the laundry list of things I have done so far. Everyday has been packed to the max and this is the first port where we haven't had any time to "just walk around and explore"

I went out to Cape Point with my friend Jackie to see where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean and to see the African Penguin reserve. We got an awesome taxi driver for the whole day who was really good to us and played lots his favorite African music. The Penguins are ADORABLE. (Christy I thought of you!) And Cape Point was really cool as well.
That night we hiked Lion's Head mountain with a bunch of friends for sunset and for the full moon. Hiking is my new favorite thing to do, tomorrow we are going up Table Mountain.

The next day was the big day, Mark and I went SHARK CAGE DIVING!!! We were startled when one rammed into the cage. We screamed underwater but then we were all really excited that it happened. It took the whole day and there were only ten people on our boat which normally takes 25 so we got to dive with the sharks as much as we wanted! At night we saw the Cape Town Philharmonic Symphony because we read about it in the newspaper. They were accompanied by a choir which was awesome and we were the only Semester At Sea students there so that was a nice change.

Yesterday I took the train to the Winelands to explore and take some beautiful countryside photos. The whole day only cost me about 5-6 American dollars because we took the train which was quite enjoyable and really cheap. Last night it was our friend Connor's birthday so we went out to dinner at an authentic South African Restaurant where a live band was playing. I ate Crocodile and Wart-hog! Crocodile is Delicious! I highly recommend trying it. And the Wart-hog was pretty tasty as well.

Well thats all for now. I wrote this really fast so please forgive the typos. Hope Everyone is doing well!