I touched down on African soil on Sunday. To be honest, I have no idea what day or time that would have been back in North America. Probably Sunday as well. With that said, I’m not really feeling the effects of jet lag, which is incredible because we were traveling for close to 30hrs. I did sleep a lot on the plane.
Mel and I parted ways in Jo’berg Sunday night. Mel met up with her tour group, and my hotel picked me up for the night. Well, it wasn’t a hotel. Instead it was called a “game lodge”. Not sure why they called it that. Perhaps it was because they had some Springboks and Ostriches on sight.
I arrived in Cape Town yesterday in the morning and was taken through orientation. Nothing too exciting. We did get to go into Cape Town itself. I did forget to mention that I’m not in Cape Town proper, but staying in a suburb south of it called Muizenberg. Muizenberg is a beach town with surf minutes away from the house I’m staying at. Cape Town itself is a 45minute train ride away.
Today, Tuesday, I got some surf in the morning and played soccer with the kids in the afternoon. The kids are awesome – not only as players, but people too. They’re good fun. They are 7-11 years old, and come from one of the townships aka ghettos. Unfortunately, I did not get a tour of the township because I came in late on my orientation day, but I plan on going with them in two weeks when the new volunteers come in.
No photos today. I didn’t bring my camera along; however, I’m looking to take some shots tomorrow.
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