Blogs from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 140

So it's Sunday morning here -we just went to church (ok we only stayed for about 20 minutes) and had lunch. And since Friday night we've basically been tourist. Here's a recap: Friday we headed out to Long Street (it was Nichole, myself, and Sharon aka Dead Weight). Long Street is kinda Sunsetish in the sense that its this one street with all these clubs and you walk up and down. It was a lot fo fun. We ended up at this place called Jo'Burg where they played stuff we used to listen to from like 6th to 9th grade (93-97). So all the dancing you wanted to do when you were too young to club we did!! People here are funny...and the lines are hilarious. Here are some: "You are my size." "I'll take you ... read more

It's been a busy two days and no longer as melancholy. As a caveat -this will probably be longer than usual because I have two days to cover Yesterday was a first day of filming. While our CPT make-up/wardrobe did a lot of work for us, there was still a lot of little things for us to find. So we split up and it kinda felt like a mission -we had to get all these things and had no idea what we were doing. But of course Nichole and I did the damn thing -and our lazy selves decided to hire a taxi while we went around time. The higlight of our trip revolved around two things -the indoor mall with our three favorite spots: Woolworth's (Target/K-mart), Pic-n-Pay (food), and Click's (Long's) and the Chinaman store ... read more

Just in case your missed our lovely faces -here you go!... read more

Hello again! Just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to be a part of my trip. Hope you are enjoying it. I know you all have been anxiously awaiting this latest entry. LOL. This post will actually be short -I have a paper to work on, but I'll write more later. Ok. Stop Rambling. Here some pictures of our South African home away from home. Not too bad right?? It was advertised as the ultimate playboy pad. And we are making good use of it. *Wink* I'm kidding! Just to give you a verbal description, we are staying in two floor flat -we occupy the 4th and 5th flooors of Greenmarket Suites. We are located in Greenmarket which has a lot of shops and a well known flea market. Nichole and I are sharing ... read more

Quick highlights: 10 Feb - Drove from Ngorongoro to Lake Manyara: rainforest environment, more Tarzan like, got up-close and personal with a Hippo eating!!! Blue balled monkeys and the best t-shirt place in Tanzania... 11 Feb - Tab and Mar woke up with the biggest spider they EVER saw on the roof. They had to take turns getting ready so the other could stand guard. - Ran into Bill & Hillary - Chelsea stayed in the car - at the hottest little Indian selling African curio shop in Tanzania! Bill says hi! - Drove through Arusha (the jumping off point to Kilimajaro) and parted ways with our beloved guide Arnold. - Took a 12-seater cessna to Wilson Airport in Nairobi where we were greeted by David, our guide from Kenya and killed 4 hours at a ... read more