Updates!!!!
I'm in Cape Town after traversing the Wild Coast and Garden Route in the Jazz. Highlights are many and require about a story per town, and I'm starting to realize that I'll be catching up on stories for a long time. My sincerest apologies for that, but I assure you what the catching up will most definitely occur.
Random thoughts and updates of note:
- I suck at surfing, but I'm amazing at swallowing ocean.
- Climbing Table Mountain in Cape Town = overrated.
- Bungee jumping off the Bloukrans Bridge (biggest bridge in Africa and longest bungee in the world including a 180m freefall, reaching speeds of up to 190 km/hr ) is the SICKEST thing ever.
- What IS scary is that I wasn't scared at all.
- Cliff jumping, on the other hand, is fucking terrifying. I have logged two separate 9m jumps and a 5m. One of the 9m jumps involved waiting for a wave to come in, dodging an outcrop on the way down, and avoiding a rock upon landing. That... was scary.
- Hiked (barefoot over rocks and boulders) and swam up the coldest river I can imagine to view a gorge around Knysna.
- Then got robbed a fourth time when a thief broke into our car and stole a used pair of sneakers, change from the cupholder, and our cds. It was easily the most useless heist ever.
- A LOOOOOONG story short: Ed and I rolled out to some boys camp (think Afrikaans Jonestown) because some idiot split his head open and needed medical attention. Cops would do nothing, nearest hospital is 2+ hours away, and they are the closest I've ever come to a cult. Details forthcoming in a proper entry...
- Ostrich is DELICIOUS.
- So is warthog, even though they are awesome little badasses when they're alive.
- Crocodile tastes like a cross between chicken and balsa wood. Pass on it if given the chance.
- After seeing 1.1 million penguins in Argentina 5 years ago, I was no less excited to see about 40 on Cape Point.
- Everyone (and I do mean everyone) in South Africa smokes weed. Oddly, the visitors here don't smoke quite as much.
- South Africa is hardly Africa.
That's all for now. I have a video and pictures from the bungee that you really just have to see to believe. Unfortunately I already mailed all that home before I put it on my computer. Bad move. You'll have to wait for those.
This entry is long on detail and short on laughs. Next time, expect the opposite. In the meantime, I'm staring at least a week or two in Cape Town in the face before heading up towards Victoria Falls through Namibia and Bostwana. Africa is incredible.
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