Monday, July 12, 2010

Quick update

Hi all,

I do not have much time as my computer has less than 20 percent of it's battery remaining and I am unable to find my converter to plug it in. Typical.

We have spent the last week at the University of Cape Town. It is a smallish campus situated in the middle of Table Mountain. What is Table Mountain? Well, it is a mountain shaped like a table. We took a cable car up on Thursday and then hiked/climbed/slid down. It was a 2 hour venture whichever way you went down, unless it was by cable car. The path was nothing like I thought it would be. The whole thing was rocks, shocking, I know. By the end we pretty much all died. The view from the top was amazing! Cape Town is an unbelievably beautiful city. I don't think I want to leave. There are funny little mountain animals called Dassies. Google it. They are adorable.

This weekend we went to Hermanus. It's a quiet little beach town. There are no people there because it is winter here and really, quite cold. We went to the Southern Most Point of Africa. Pretty fun. I'll try to upload a picture when I have battery. We went shark cage diving today which was insane. It was quite the experience but I don't think I need to do it again. I saw one shark and had to bail from the cage. Then I promptly ran to the other side of the boat and was sick for the remainder of the voyage. Good times. Sharks are pretty cool though, hopefully I'll be able to steal a copy of the DVD from someone (hint hint Jordan). Okay, my computer is going to die in 0.5 minutes.

Bye now. Host family tomorrow and teaching on Wednesday.