The trip started off harmless enough--my friend and I arrived late Friday night, and took a cab to Long Street to meet a few of our fellow classmates. The place was pretty chill, had a few drinks and actually met an undergrad from Stanford (I believe her name is Ariana) that knew about half of the b-school second year class. Pretty small world.
On Saturday we planned to visit Robben Island, the prison where Nelson Mandela was held for almost 30 years. Unfortunately, the tour was canceled due to the weather. So we wandered around the Waterfront (remarkably similar to San Francisco), saw some seals, and then met our friends for lunch in the Bo-Kaap district. That afternoon we were planning on taking the cable car up to the top of Table Mountain, but the weather hadn't improved and the mountain was completely covered in fog :-( So we drove around a bit, and decided that for dinner we would go to Bloemendal, the "traditional African experience" according to our friend's boss. This would turn out to be a HUGE mistake, because 1.) it wasn't much of an African experience (more British in my opionion), and 2.) two of us got horrible food poisoning from the food there (I don't recommend the Greek Salad).
So Sunday was spent with frequent trips to the bathroom, and falling in and out of consciousness while watching the movies Pocahantas and JFK from the TV in my room. Not exactly what I was envisioning for my visit to Cape Town; I think next time I'll plan on going during the summer and being a little more careful of what I eat!
Here are a few of the pictures from my trip:
This was my room in the B&B we stayed at. I spent a little more time in here than anticipated :)
Here's one of the seals we saw at the waterfront.
Not the best weather in Cape Town on Saturday.
Here's me, Gabe and Lemar outside of the market. I got a pretty good deal for a Djembe ($60)
This is the view of Table Mountain from my B&B--this was the first time I saw the mountain (literally an hour before we left for the airport)
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