The Cape Town Experience

Wow!!!  It has been a packed full week.  By now we are both comfortable with our environment and in full travel mode.  In Cape Town, on our first day, we sort of wandered around, bumping into ourselves and looking for our comfort zone on the Waterfront.  We ventured across the ocean to Robben Island where we were amazed by the stories told from a past political prisoner alongside Nelson Mandela.  I experienced my first sea sick challenge and felt very proud that I was able to keep all poisons in the right place for the duration of the journey. Tuesday we rode the double decker bus to Table Mountain and enjoyed the spectacular views of the coastline along the way.  We have been fortunate to have clear blue skies.  In the evening we took the same bus to the top of Signal Hill and took in a very attractive sunset.  Wednesday we walked through an extensive botanical garden and toured through more areas of Cape Town by bus.  Today, we hired a taxi driver we met a couple days ago.  He enjoyed the day as much as we did.  He took us to Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope. Our taxi driver's name is Fungai, a 26 year old fellow from Zimbabwe with a dream. He is saving money to buy a truck so he can go home and make more money.  He was as much a tourist today as we were, taking in the views of the coastline for the first time along with us.  Tonight, we met the group we will be travelling with for the next 44 days; a group of very like-minded people seeking safe adventure and good laughs and in pursuit of some animal sitings.  We all went out for dinner tonight and are ready to start our adventure tomorrow at noon.  I understand that there will be plenty of opportunity along the way to update this blog.