Our hotel in Cape Town was a prison. Bars on the windows, cold drafty rooms, and cement walls. Another part of the adventure. We basically had one day to play sightseers so we had a guide drive us all over the place.
Our first stop was the boating dock, it was so green compared to every other side of Africa i had seen. Seals were everywhere; one in particular liked to be fed by this guy. The Chinese tourists--that were everywhere--got such a kick out of sitting on this big guy.
Here is some more pretty scenery as we drove around.
I loved the penguins. There were hundreds near the point. My favorite was the fat one that was molting. I love the penguin waddle, one of them kept getting plastered by the waves.
There were baboons everywhere!! I whole bunch of them were walking down the road. Two
of the younger ones got in a fight and ran up and down the car behind us. Funny to watch--they are loud little boogers to!
I went to the farthest point in Africa one can go. We hiked up to the lighthouse and could see everything. The water was so blue it reminded me of Hawaii a bit. By the lighthouse they had a marker that told the distances to a number of big cities. Salt Lake wasn't on it.
Our final stop that night was Table Mountain. This mountain is completely flat on top that has 12 surrounding mountains named after the 12 twelve apostles. The tram took us to the top where you could see everywhere!! I felt really big--which rarely happens. Mark and I froze up there, the wind chill was bad. Everyone had their cameras out the whole time.
Final Thoughts about my trip
Here is a picture of my braided hair. When I took it out I looked like a crazy ER patient in room 7--scary I know especially without my make-up on.
Here are some highlights:
Here is some more pretty scenery as we drove around.
I loved the penguins. There were hundreds near the point. My favorite was the fat one that was molting. I love the penguin waddle, one of them kept getting plastered by the waves.
There were baboons everywhere!! I whole bunch of them were walking down the road. Two
of the younger ones got in a fight and ran up and down the car behind us. Funny to watch--they are loud little boogers to!
I went to the farthest point in Africa one can go. We hiked up to the lighthouse and could see everything. The water was so blue it reminded me of Hawaii a bit. By the lighthouse they had a marker that told the distances to a number of big cities. Salt Lake wasn't on it.
Our final stop that night was Table Mountain. This mountain is completely flat on top that has 12 surrounding mountains named after the 12 twelve apostles. The tram took us to the top where you could see everywhere!! I felt really big--which rarely happens. Mark and I froze up there, the wind chill was bad. Everyone had their cameras out the whole time.
Final Thoughts about my trip
Here is a picture of my braided hair. When I took it out I looked like a crazy ER patient in room 7--scary I know especially without my make-up on.
Here are some highlights:
- Seeing Mark and all the lives he has touched.
- Watching a 2 year-old say Suca, which means get away from me you dirty dog, to my dad during primary.
- Seeing how happy these people were despite the circumstances they were in.
- Going to church and having every guy there shake my hand--I didn't notice until my dad pointed it out.
- I discovered passionfruit yogurt and will miss it!
- Trying squid for the first time and not throwing it up like the chicken foot.
- Eating KFC in Maputo.
- Riding everywhere in a TINY little red car that would even hold all of our luggage.
- Watching my dad hit the windshield wiper instead of the blinker every time.
- Having a family call Mark Harry Potter.
- The best part--being in a completely different country and culture with my brother and parents experiencing new things.
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