Yes, I am officially a student of the University of Cape Town. I got my student ID to prove it. To understand the rules (which are pretty common sense), we had a two day orientation. The first day consisted of a few speakers on safety while in Cape Town. Last semester there was one student studying abroad that was murdered, so they are being extra cautious. Interestingly, we study abroad student are covered by a security company. Down here in SA police are shrimped by the size of protection agencies. It is a huge business down here. When you get in trouble down here, you call the security agency, and they send their armed guards. After lunch, they loaded on board a bus. We didn't really know where we were going, but the view was breathtaking. We were driving along the cliff sides that bordered the oceans and gave a spectacular view of Cape Town. We drove for a hour or more along these windy roads. While beautiful, it didn't work very well with the 8 members of our class that have been puking profusely-some of which had gone to the hospital the night before. IES required them to go on this orientation trip. The bus pulled to a stop and we jumped out at the point of the Cape of Good Hope.
We got out, looked around at the gorgous sight and boarded again to head to Cape Point, the second most souther point on Africa. In effort to give a little more prestige, the government decided to call it the most southerly point of South Africa. While prestigous, it might not be as prestegious as Tontogany: the most north-western-ohio-little-townish-middle-of-nowhere-with-a-highshool-named-the-knights-and-a-store-named-JT's-with-some-big-grain-elevators-and-trains-that-go-by-very-slowly-and-surrounded-with-many-cornfields-and-where-the-Miller's-live-and-own-a-d4-bulldozer-and-use-to-be-home-to-a-dog-that-pooped-out-socks-and-when-joe-was-cleaning-the-poop-up-he-would-find-his-pricy-running-socks IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. That's pretty special if you ask me. In all seriousness though, it was a sight to behold. There was a cold breeze that get carried off the coast and comes right from Antarctica. Many scientist test this air because it is boasted as some of the World's purest.
This a a view of Cape of Good Hope from Cape Point. We boarded back onto the bus and made one more stop. It was a small town known for having penguins, one of the only places Penguins can be found on Africa. These penguins were sports, and would get pretty close to you. They were loud little things too. They emitted a sound that resembled that of a donkey bray both melodiously and in loudness.
We finally returned late and ate dinner at a pizza place called Debonair's. It was delicous, and I had too much to eat. A little money goes a long way in terms of food. I nice hot large sub- 18 inches- is about the equivelent of $6.00. Delicious.
We got out, looked around at the gorgous sight and boarded again to head to Cape Point, the second most souther point on Africa. In effort to give a little more prestige, the government decided to call it the most southerly point of South Africa. While prestigous, it might not be as prestegious as Tontogany: the most north-western-ohio-little-townish-middle-of-nowhere-with-a-highshool-named-the-knights-and-a-store-named-JT's-with-some-big-grain-elevators-and-trains-that-go-by-very-slowly-and-surrounded-with-many-cornfields-and-where-the-Miller's-live-and-own-a-d4-bulldozer-and-use-to-be-home-to-a-dog-that-pooped-out-socks-and-when-joe-was-cleaning-the-poop-up-he-would-find-his-pricy-running-socks IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. That's pretty special if you ask me. In all seriousness though, it was a sight to behold. There was a cold breeze that get carried off the coast and comes right from Antarctica. Many scientist test this air because it is boasted as some of the World's purest.
This a a view of Cape of Good Hope from Cape Point. We boarded back onto the bus and made one more stop. It was a small town known for having penguins, one of the only places Penguins can be found on Africa. These penguins were sports, and would get pretty close to you. They were loud little things too. They emitted a sound that resembled that of a donkey bray both melodiously and in loudness.
We finally returned late and ate dinner at a pizza place called Debonair's. It was delicous, and I had too much to eat. A little money goes a long way in terms of food. I nice hot large sub- 18 inches- is about the equivelent of $6.00. Delicious.
Those penguins are awesome. Go back and bring one home with you!
ReplyDelete1) So jealous you went to the Cape of Good Hope
ReplyDelete2) That is true, Tontogany, which is obviously far more prestigious to anyone with any knowledge or common sense.
3) I am jealous (again) you saw penguins.
3) Do some pure-air training there, break 4:00 or something haha
4) A "large" sub does not do an 18-inch sub justice...that is straight massive. And i want one, i keep picturing an 18-inch meatball and salivating like no one's business.