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Published: November 9th 2007
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Chapman's Peak
Cruising the coastline. We hopped a boat back from the Andaman's and were ransacked by a huge storm as soon as we stepped off of the dock. Ryan moved to the hull of the ship where he stayed completely still in hopes of not getting sea sick. I moved to the boat's deck where I felt like someone had spun me in circles 50 times then donkey-punched me in the stomach! The waves were massive and the rain and lightning were relentless. Travel Note: It's never a good sign when the boat's engineer clasps his hands, looks towards the heavens, and begins to pray while you're on a boat and there's no land in sight. Apparently the boat's captain failed to notice the massive water spout that we were motoring towards. For the next minute or so I truly believed that the boat was going to be pulled apart bolt by bolt. Somehow it wasn't and by the time we reached Port Blair the incident seemed like a mere hiccup along the journey towards our next destination.
We caught a flight to Chennai, India and stayed for a few days while we arranged our travel itinerary. We scored some decent surf at one
Fallen Soldier
These are the remains of my backpack after flying in to Cape Town. Luckily they gave me a loaner. of the local beaches and were even escorted out of the water on one particular occasion by the police so that they could inform us about the perils of going near the water. There are no lifeguards on duty at any of the beaches and the majority of people don't how to swim, so anyone unlucky enough to get caught in one of the many rip tides is simply watched as he/she is swept out to sea.
Just an FYI on India, the place has a majestic natural beauty that's not really comparable to anywhere else. However, it's also one of the dirtiest places that I've ever been to. If you get squeamish at the thought of eating food prepared as follows, then you should probably think twice about going to India...Food's usually prepared by a guy with hands that look as though he just did a major tune-up on his car. He occasionally stops to spit pan (It's like tobacco) over the pot of food that he's preparing...making sure that only a few drops land in your plate. He'll probably cough or pick his nose over your food and then serve it up Indian style (Without any utensils
Table Top Mountain
The view from below. besides your fingers). No worries though because most everything's fried.
Our hopes of going to Madagascar were squashed with the receipt of the ticket price so we decided to re-route our travels to South Africa. After landing in Johannesburg and discussing our travel plans over a pint of cold beer and a massive steak dinner (Both of which don't exist in India so we were really stoked!), we decided to catch another flight to Cape Town, South Africa.
This place was amazing! If I had to describe Cape Town to someone, I'd compare the city to one of those naturally beautiful women that you just can't seem too take your eyes off of. The climate resembles San Diego's weather and the entire city reminds me of La Jolla and Del Mar. I could easily see myself living in a place like this. For all of you single guys out there that have been sending us messages saying, "Brett/Ryan, what's up with the lady situation in all of those countries?" The women of South Africa are equally as beautiful as Cape Town itself. Think Charlize Theron on every other street corner.
We planned to purchase a car and
Table Top Mountain
The view from the top and the cable system used to get up there. drive to Namibia but after checking with a travel agent we realized that a trip home was going to cost us more than $1,500! Our plans had to change yet again. So after some serious contemplation we decided that our only choice was to wrap our trip up and head back home to San Diego. In fact, as I write this I'm sitting in the comfort of my friend Jeff's (Ryan's brother) house in SD where we'll be staying until we line up jobs and find another place to live. We'll probably go to Mexico to surf/dive/fish for a few weeks before fully ending our travels.
A few final words to share before concluding our travel blog here today. Both Ryan and I have received numerous e-mails from friends, family, and loved ones containing the following:
-"Man it must be nice to be young and able to just drop everything and travel."
-"Hey I'd really love to do that but I have too much responsibility here to just leave.
-"I'd like to do something like that but it's just too damn expensive!"
-"Etc. Etc. Etc."
As a bit of incentive from US to all of YOU that
have ever thought about going on an adventure but've never got around to doing it....The truth of the matter is that NOBODY has the time to take one of these trips. There's NEVER going to be convenient time for you to leave. EVERYONE, both young and old, has a tremendous list of responsibilities. YOU decide your priorities. The total cost of our unplanned trip was only around $4,000. With careful planning cut that figure in half.
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