Well I didn't do anything completely special for the first day but I have some awesome pictures that I took when we came into port. They were just so spectacular and amazing that I had to take them.
I spent most of the day just shopping at the Victoria Waterfront mall with friends and taking in the feeling that is South Africa. South Africa, especially Cape Town is very European.
This mall had just about every western store that was European and American not to mention McDonalds which I will eat at tomorrow and probably some Gelatto. Tonight I also went the theatre house located next the University of Cape Town and I am thrilled to have been able to go there and have a blast. I have to admit that the actors there were extremely hot sexy guys! (There was no denying it) That was some serious eye candy to watch while we were watching a formerly banned play from the 1980s about the Apartheid in South Africa and what it did to many white who were forced in the army and the blacks in the communities. It was a very powerful story and completely live as I did get ill after the performance from all the cigarettes that were used by the actors in the play. This play however is not for little kids whatsoever but I would recommend it for those who want to really get a good feel for what the Apartheid was like. Cameras were not really allowed in the theatre area but I also had forgotten my camera because a certain individual called my room to tell me that my bus was about to leave without me (which was never the case. I actually had 20 minutes because the bus hadn't shown up) moving on, a few friends of mine are going to give me some of their pictures to share with you later. I will put a new post up later with the pictures.
The second and third day were spent at the water front doing somemore shopping for food and basic supplies for my cabin while getting to meet some local people which was more amazing than going out to see anything because I got a sense of how other visitors from European countries and even those who lived in the area think. I met a couple of guys from Estonia who joined me on my amazing helicopter ride around cape town area. (videos will be posted in May)
They talked about how expensive Cape Town is and how they think Cape Town has changed and from the conversation that I got, they seemed to have liked the changes that taken place since the apartheid and think that South Africa is truly amazing to visit. Some of the locals have a little bit of a different point of view in that they think that the government could have done more to make the economic gap smaller and done something about the townships to make them more incorporated into the city life. Most of them however were Caucasian so I decided to pursue some other points of view and got one actually on the fourth day from the school principal in the townships who told us that the current government is not exactly always literate in the fields that they try to work in because many who are voted in often times to keep the diversity may not always know what they are doing and he said that over time as the blacks get more educated and people in the government become smarter at what they are doing then they will be able to do more. Anyways, I meant to mention that on the second day I went star gazing until around midnight at this hotel with SAS and it was amazing. We actually saw Andromeda and it was so spectacular. Just wow! Hoping to get the pictures from Brian soon so I can post them up. (He took all the night pictures with a special camera) I managed to make 4 wishes on 4 shooting stars that night and had a blast with my friends. I also had a lot of time to reflect while lost in the stars and I discovered that this was the most amount of peace I felt in one night because I just had my thoughts only to myself a beautiful view to really get lost in.
The third day was crazy with me deciding to go to a few places. First off was the ferris wheel where I got some really nice pictures and the helicopter ride which I mentioned above.
I also went to the aquarium and got to watch the shark feeding and look at all the fishes. It was an awesome day and I relaxed so much just from this. I always had SAS trips planned in the three days that took up the entire day but it felt so nice to have just evening SAS trips that weren't stressful and then the entire day to myself to do whatever I wanted to do in Cape Town. It gave me some time to go out with friends and have a couple drinks together or to have dinner with a group or even for that point shopping but I also got to do my own thing and meet people from around the world. I met quite a few Chinese as well as a couple from India. It was interesting just to have a small conversation with them about just how the day was going and how they were enjoying their vacations.
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