Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Ladies and Gentleman, We've began our final descent

So, I have made it to South Africa in one piece (pictures on Facebook). After some turbulence and a traditional British meal, we landed this past morning- and when I say landed, I mean the plane basically fell onto the tarmac- anyways, I'm in Cape Town safe and sound. After we landed, we left the airport and visited Signal Hill, then rode around to different areas of Cape Town (Oh my gosh, this city is sooo me. Like, modern design, with a hint of English style. Can I just stay here?) Anywyas, I digress. After we rode around, we finally got to check into our hostel, which is apparently not pronounced like hotel with a s.. Who knew? After I unpacked and took a shower (After 33 hours of travel with no shower, I felt like a new man) and then went to explore. 

Side note: McDonalds in South Africa is really nice. 

Okay. Back to the story. After Brooke, Jane and I went on a mini adventure (you can follow their blogs at janealexandragibson.wordpress.com andbrookevogt.wordpress.com), we went to dinner. On the way to dinner,  Brooke and Jane noticed a little Internet cafe "right down the road" from the hostel. 

After dinner, which was great, we made our way back to hostel, then Brooke Jane and I set out for this Internet cafe. Well, it wasn't right down the road. More like a mile and a half. So, we get to this Internet cafe, and it was literally the sketchiest place I have ever seen, and so was the walk there, so I made sure that we weren't going to walk back, and Ubër was the only way to avoid that. One problem, their phones don't have data and my phone is completely not working at all. So what we had to do was find so,we here with free wifi, and use that to get on Ubër. The only viable option: sit down at a restaurant, buy something, and then use their wifi to get on the app and call a cab. Anywyas, our Ubër arrived and we made our way back to the hostel. I'll try to keep you all updated.

Just a few rules for the road:
1- Rand exchange rate Is $1USD = 12Rand. Math in my head, guys. Smarticle Particle.  
2- South Africans drive on the left side of the road. I have to understand that
3- Converse are not rock climbing shoes.
4- 11hour flights are of the devil.

Well wishes, God Bless.

Reed




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