Feb 16.
Hello America:
It has been almost a week since my last posts, and for that I apologize, but there really isn’t too much exciting news to share. We have been at sea for almost 6 days now and are set to arrive in Cape Town, South Africa tomorrow morning. It’s been an uneventful past few days (as uneventful as traveling by boat down the western coast of Africa can be), filled with a little bit of school, a lot of taking naps outside on the deck, some meetings and presentations, and a nice dose of Christian fellowship and worship. About 36 hours ago, we started hitting the rougher seas of the southern Atlantic, and the ship has been rocking much more substantially than before. In fact, the whole ocean environment has changed quite a bit from the more northern/equatorial waters we are coming from. The seas are a lot rougher now, the winds are heavy and causing quite a few whitecaps, and the air temperature is cooler than before. This morning, during breakfast on the deck, we saw a bunch of albatross(es?) and a couple of seals, which we thought (and hoped) were sharks but oh well.
I am sooooo excited to be in Cape Town for 6 days. I really feel like it is going to be one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. There is tons of stuff to do and places to see around Cape Town, so I thought I would share my plans, as tentative as they are at this point.
Thursday: Backpack around the city. Hit up the aquarium, mall, and soccer stadium. Long St. for dinner.
Friday: SAS trip to Robben Island and some other apartheid related museums.
Saturday: Habitat for Humanity build.
Sunday: Church in the morning, followed by wine lands tour, ostrich riding (or
more ideally riding an ostrich through the wine lands), penguin beach, and drive
to Cape Peninsula.
Monday: Dangerous activities that I don’t want my parents to know about.
Let’s just say my friend “Jen” is cage diving with Great White Sharks.
Tuesday: Botanical gardens to Table Mountain hike back down to Botanical gardens, also followed by other dangerous activities. (Jen might be going skydiving if she finds enough money/courage/diapers for pooping her pants).
I hope your next 6 days are as exciting as mine.
Much love,
-Ben
Hello America:
It has been almost a week since my last posts, and for that I apologize, but there really isn’t too much exciting news to share. We have been at sea for almost 6 days now and are set to arrive in Cape Town, South Africa tomorrow morning. It’s been an uneventful past few days (as uneventful as traveling by boat down the western coast of Africa can be), filled with a little bit of school, a lot of taking naps outside on the deck, some meetings and presentations, and a nice dose of Christian fellowship and worship. About 36 hours ago, we started hitting the rougher seas of the southern Atlantic, and the ship has been rocking much more substantially than before. In fact, the whole ocean environment has changed quite a bit from the more northern/equatorial waters we are coming from. The seas are a lot rougher now, the winds are heavy and causing quite a few whitecaps, and the air temperature is cooler than before. This morning, during breakfast on the deck, we saw a bunch of albatross(es?) and a couple of seals, which we thought (and hoped) were sharks but oh well.
I am sooooo excited to be in Cape Town for 6 days. I really feel like it is going to be one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. There is tons of stuff to do and places to see around Cape Town, so I thought I would share my plans, as tentative as they are at this point.
Thursday: Backpack around the city. Hit up the aquarium, mall, and soccer stadium. Long St. for dinner.
Friday: SAS trip to Robben Island and some other apartheid related museums.
Saturday: Habitat for Humanity build.
Sunday: Church in the morning, followed by wine lands tour, ostrich riding (or
more ideally riding an ostrich through the wine lands), penguin beach, and drive
to Cape Peninsula.
Monday: Dangerous activities that I don’t want my parents to know about.
Let’s just say my friend “Jen” is cage diving with Great White Sharks.
Tuesday: Botanical gardens to Table Mountain hike back down to Botanical gardens, also followed by other dangerous activities. (Jen might be going skydiving if she finds enough money/courage/diapers for pooping her pants).
I hope your next 6 days are as exciting as mine.
Much love,
-Ben
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