Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean near Africa

I just wanted to give a shout out to my little brother....HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY BRYAN!!!

 

I LOVE YOUR FACE!!!

 

-KW-

Cape Town, South Africa

Good afternoon friends! (or good morning for you…) I would probably have to say that South Africa has been my favorite port thus far. On day one I found someone to go to Spier Wine Estate with me. The funny thing about the day is this – I was in the “wine country,” and I didn’t go wine tasting or drink a drop of the stuff. I went to the wine country to see cheetahs! Spier runs a cheetah outreach program as well as an eagle outreach. We got to pet 10 month old cheetahs (which were already quite big and sleeping), and we got to hold an eagle. It was pretty sweet. At night I went with another group of people to a Jazz bar called the Green Dolphin after eating at a kick ass restaurant while watching the sunset. I went on an SAS trip to the Amy Biehl Foundation and a township on day two. We learned about the foundation and what they are doing to help the children living in townships, and we also went to one of the many townships to play soccer and other games with the children who participate in the program. It was quite an experience for me – not going to lie, I was out of my comfort zone the whole time, but I suppose that it was good for me.  On the third day in Cape Town, Amber and I walked around the waterfront for a while, a while meaning pretty much all day. We did a bit of shopping and exploring and ate lunch at a restaurant (Spur) where a guy Amber met the previous night worked. That night we went to a bar called Ivy League…it was basically an SAS party for those of us who didn’t go on Safaris. Don’t get me wrong; we mingled with locals as well. It was a good time. On the fourth day, I walked around other parts of Cape Town with Catherine and Crystal, and we saw a guy walking his dogs; he let us pet them. THEY WERE SO CUTE! One was a baby puppy!! Man did that make me miss my babies! Catherine wanted to find a Harley Davidson store, and on the way we apparently ran into the rainbow district. Some of them went back later that night, but I went back to Ivy League with Amber and various other individuals. The second night there was infinitely more interesting than the first…There was a bachelor party going on, so I got pictures of a guy in a wig and Daisy Duke outfit dancing on a pole…yup…

On the last day in Cape Town, I was supposed to go on a Shark Observation cruise for an FDP, but it got cancelled due to weather…I was very upset because I was looking forward to seeing some Great Whites. On the bright side, we all got a refund, and I got to go back to sleep (the trip was supposed to leave at 5:30 AM and I was up late the night before…) Since I had nothing else on my agenda for the day, I followed Andrew around on a hunt to find Wi-Fi and checked out Facebook for the first time since Hong Kong after eating lunch. The Facebook thing may not have been the smartest idea because it made me want to get on it more.

Sooooo yeah, that was Cape Town in a nutshell…definitely going to have to come back…just saying.

-KW-