South Africa: Cricket in Cape Town

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After a short six weeks which were anything but quiet (Go the Black Caps!), I was off on my next adventure. First stop Cape Town. But first, I headed to the airport and into the lounge for some quiet to skype Hannah, when who should come and sit directly opposite me – AB de Villiers, captain of the South African cricket team, who had just lost an incredible match to New Zealand in the World Cup Semi-Final two days previous. After my call to Hannah, I spoke to him for a bit and he was obviously still devastated but willing to chat – top bloke!



Anyway, upon arriving in sunny South Africa, I found my hotel and went off out exploring down to the waterfront which was pretty scenic before I came back to catch up on a bit of sleep before meeting up with the work group for dinner. Despite my nap I was still pretty exhausted and very much looking forward to my bed!



Seeing as I only had one full day in Cape Town, I jammed in as much as I could and first thing I went up to Table Mountain. I was pretty lucky as the weather was superb and the ‘table cloth’ (cloud cover) never came over. I wandered right around for two hours enjoying the view before coming back down and jumping on the hop-on, hop-off bus to explore further afield.



First stop was Camps Bay where I had lunch and dipped my toes in the freezing cold water. Despite the warmth of the day, there was no chance of getting in there for a swim! From there I went back down to the waterfront and then out to Constantia and Franschhoek before coming back to the hotel where it was a quick shower before heading out to the finale dinner with the work colleagues. It was here I was lucky enough to meet Joel Garner and Sir Garfield Sobers – both legendary cricketers.





But before long I had to head back to the hotel as it was another early morning flight. Unfortunately the timing was during the Cricket World Cup Final – New Zealand vs. Australia! Luckily I had my Dad texting me updates though given the performance and result, the less said about that the better.

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Photos

Table Mountain #1
Stunning weather

Table Mountain #2
From up top

Table Mountain #3
With me!

Table Mountain #4
View down

Table Mountain #5
One of the 7 wonders of the natural world

Table Mountain #6
Green Point Stadium

Table Mountain #7
View back down to Cape Town

Table Mountain #8
View back down to Cape Town