Greetings from Cape Town! It's really nice here, but getting here wasn't as jolly... I mean, it was fine and everything worked out just fine, it was just long.
So yesterday we left Bushbuckridge at 6 AM because people needed to catch a train to Durban from Joburg, and that meant that we got to O.R. Tambo International Airport at 1PM for a 6AM flight the next morning. YAY! Our Cape Town group split up, and Joel and I hung around the airport with Crystal, who was waiting to meet her boyfriend arriving from the States for the week. After she met up with him and they left, well, what is there to do at an airport forever? We went to a bar and chatted for a few hours. Then everything closed and we played cards for a few more hours. Then as a group we checked in, and a few hours later we checked our bags. For the record, it is now 4:20 AM or something like that.
Side note on weight maximums on Mango: My suitcase was underweight, but my backpack was overweight, and they made me add stuff to my suitcase or check my backpack. Only airlines ever to tell me to move stuff from my carry on into my checked baggage. Also, what does it matter where the extra kilo is? The plane is going to be weighed down regardless... whatever, it was odd. Also the lady at the desk was mean.
So after hours and hours, we finally got to Cape Town. At 8:30AM. I still haven't slept more than two hours since 6AM yesterday, and it's 2 in the afternoon now. Which brings us to Long Street Backpackers. This is where we are staying while in Cape Town. It's a cute little place with a courtyard and nice clean rooms, and the people running it seem very nice. We've been exploring a little bit since then, and I can definitely say Cape Town will be lots of fun. Especially since there are two people on IHP with me that have birthdays over break, one the day before me and one the day after me. So really it's a birthday weekend, and we're gonna have a kick-ass time.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to go take a nap.
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Hey, sounds like you had some fun. I have lost a bet with Cyrus that you would make it out of buckbushridge unscathed. I am not sure if you saw, but all three teams broke at F&M this past weekend (Bucknell Repeat).
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Lucas
One more comment. How is the food in South Africa? I am curious to hear about the different cuisine that you have been having. I need someone to live/eat vicariously through over the course of the semester. Sharples has reached all new lows as far as I can tell.
ReplyDeleteso I just realized you commented on this post Lucas, screw you for that damn bet with Cyrus. Screw you both.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of the food, the staple is Pap, which is mealie and water boiled until it is firm. You take some in your hand, mush it a bit, and us it to pick up food (vegetables, chicken, borewors(sausage), or whatever you might be eating). It's tasty, but heavy, and it doesn't like to leave your digestive system. While in South Africa, I have tried tripe, chicken feet, those are the most adventurous things I ate in Bushbuckridge.
BTW, what's wrong with Sharples? hehehe...