The next day we were ambitious and decided to head up to Table Mountain via the cable car and then hike our way down. We were at the mountain when the doors opened (which is when we also found out about Africa time - we were there at 9:00 am when it was supposed to open but nobody was there to help us until 9:30 am). It was absolutely gorgeous! You could see the entire city and all along the beautiful coastlines - both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The hike down was pretty interesting, mostly because of the people we passed who were hiking up. Mind you, it took us over two hours to hike down, so I am thinking the hike up has to tkae longer than that! There was a group wearing flip flops and drinking beer, there were families with little kids, like 4 years old, families with dogs but not typical hiking dogs like a lab or something, nope more like shitzu's and pomeranians, and then there was one guy wearing like penny loafers and eating wine gums (chewy little candies that are named by different wines). One guy that was wearing sandles even told Jeff, "man, if I had shoes like yours I would have ran a marathon today" - random! The funniest part of it all was that some of the people hiking up looked like they were absolutely dying (sweating, breathing hard, looking miserable) while these other people were eating candy and drinking beer. So funny. After our hike we hit up the big shopping area in town, but after a quick lunch we were pretty zonked so we spent the rest of the day laying by the pool at our hotel, which overlooked the Atlantic Ocean. That day concluded with an amazing dinner at a little Indian food restaurant in Camps Bay - the swankier, upscale part of Cape Town that reminded us a lot of a Southern California coastal town.
We concluded our experience in Cape Town with a visit to the local aquarium. While there, they announced that they were going to be removing one of the sharks from the predator zone tank and that there would be divers in there to capture her. We couldn't miss that, pretty crazy to watch divers swimming around with a bunch of sharks and sting rays. We also saw penguins, so cute! A huge sea turtle and some pretty cool other fish. Cape Town was great, it seems like the place to be! The perfect combination of city life, beach towns and nature reserves. What an amazing city to experience during my
Life As A Wife. 
We arrived to Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday night and we were ready to hit the ground running. We made our way to our hotel, the Ambassador, which was absolutely beautiful and right on the water in Bantry Bay. As recommended by friends before we left we knew we needed to hit up Long Street and experience the night life. Thanks to our lovely hotel receptionist we found out that Mama Africa's was the place to eat! It was everything I hoped for! Authentic, native food (we ate kudu and crocodile), live music (which consisted of 3, 13 year old boys in wife beaters playing wooden / leather drums to African beats), and overall just a really cool rustic atmosphere. We followed up dinner with a few drinks at the Dubliner, an Irish pub across the street also with a live bar and of course, I fell asleep in the cab ride back to the hotel.
The next day we were ambitious and decided to head up to Table Mountain via the cable car and then hike our way down. We were at the mountain when the doors opened (which is when we also found out about Africa time - we were there at 9:00 am when it was supposed to open but nobody was there to help us until 9:30 am). It was absolutely gorgeous! You could see the entire city and all along the beautiful coastlines - both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The hike down was pretty interesting, mostly because of the people we passed who were hiking up. Mind you, it took us over two hours to hike down, so I am thinking the hike up has to tkae longer than that! There was a group wearing flip flops and drinking beer, there were families with little kids, like 4 years old, families with dogs but not typical hiking dogs like a lab or something, nope more like shitzu's and pomeranians, and then there was one guy wearing like penny loafers and eating wine gums (chewy little candies that are named by different wines). One guy that was wearing sandles even told Jeff, "man, if I had shoes like yours I would have ran a marathon today" - random! The funniest part of it all was that some of the people hiking up looked like they were absolutely dying (sweating, breathing hard, looking miserable) while these other people were eating candy and drinking beer. So funny. After our hike we hit up the big shopping area in town, but after a quick lunch we were pretty zonked so we spent the rest of the day laying by the pool at our hotel, which overlooked the Atlantic Ocean. That day concluded with an amazing dinner at a little Indian food restaurant in Camps Bay - the swankier, upscale part of Cape Town that reminded us a lot of a Southern California coastal town. 
We concluded our experience in Cape Town with a visit to the local aquarium. While there, they announced that they were going to be removing one of the sharks from the predator zone tank and that there would be divers in there to capture her. We couldn't miss that, pretty crazy to watch divers swimming around with a bunch of sharks and sting rays. We also saw penguins, so cute! A huge sea turtle and some pretty cool other fish. Cape Town was great, it seems like the place to be! The perfect combination of city life, beach towns and nature reserves. What an amazing city to experience during my Life As A Wife. 
2 comments:
Your blog is sooo interesting and you write well. I love blogging, my daughter got me started. All our friends say if you want to read a lot, read my blog, if you want to see just photos, read Mel's blog. I wish she would write as much as you do - they have very interesting lives too and travel a lot. They were in Thailand 3 yrs. ago, and will go to Bejing this Novermber. Her husband grew up in Kenya, from the age of 3-14 (missionary kid) and they hope to go there someday. Anyway - jsut wnated you to know I enjoyed reading about Jimmy the Dog and your awkward, leave 'em in the dust walks.
yay. love the recap with details. keep em comin!
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