Today was my first day off of work. I decided I was going to sleep in...I ended up sleeping until 1:30!!! I guess I needed it, after my long traveling to get here and then just jumping straight into their time zone (9 hour difference from Arizona).
Anyway, once I got up I met our volunteer coordinator, Megan, who is much like a house mom. She's going to schedule my shark diving for a couple weeks from now for me!! Then I decided I needed to run to the mall. The thing is, the mall--which is like a typical mall plus a grocery store, is about a 15 minute walk. So you want to be sure you need to go, and you can't buy much because you have to be able to carry it all back with you. I'm thinking I'll probably drop a few pounds here from all the walking to the store, and because you often think twice about eating because you'll have to go buy more of it! haha
So anyway, today was a really nice day, the temperature was probably 65 and it was sunny. I walked to the mall and got a new camera too. My camera broke on the way here! I also got an adapter for my computer (the outlets are different) and some groceries. When I was leaving the mall, I looked to my right and there it was-- Table Mountain! Today was the first day it's been clear enough for me to see it. Pretty amazing. Look it up. It literally looks just like a table. Since it's winter it's typically cloudy and rainy and there are clouds covering it which they call the "tablecloth." Anyway, that was pretty exciting.
Tonight, Debbie (Heather's mom) wanted to go out to eat and I was the only one who wanted to go, so we went to this placed called Mama Africas. It's like the must do for tourists. It's got a lot of African decorations and serves up a lot of different food. I got this meal which brings a little bit of everything. So tonight, along with my margaritas (haha....they don't taste the same though), I had crocodile, ostrich, spring buck, and kudu (which is another type of antelope). All of it was good, but the crocodile can be best described as fatty chicken. Everything else somewhat tasted like some variation of steak. The spring buck was really chewy though. I'm just happy to have tried all of them! They also had a live band, which was amazing! If you know me, you know I'm into music that has a steal drum sound to it...that's what I got. They took a lot of American songs and gave them an African spin. I bought one of their cd's, and we had the lead singer, Zwelly, sign it and got a picture with him (it'll be coming soon). They were awesome to listen to and also to watch, I took video as well. He just looked like he was having the time of his life and was so entertaining. So anyway, that was my first day off :)
Tomorrow we're heading to Robben Island, which is where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. I'm excited about this because I like the cultural stuff. Anyway, will write again soon.
Peace
