anyway we were supposed to take a 26 hour train from jo'berg to cape town but when i got to the station to buy tickets they told me the train was full for a week. so we rented a car and i drove a lot. I'm not kidding its a 16 hour drive that i did all alone in two days. Kim can't drive stick well and she certainly cant drive on the other side of the road so i did 11 hours one day and 5 the next. the drive was long straight and insane. But beautiful we drove through the karoo, which is a bit like arizona, or nevada minus the indian reservations, with the addition of wild ostrich.
stayed out in what is the equivalent of a small mid west white trash town in a cheap motel ( however we did have an excellent karro breakfast with lamb chops and boerwoers ( tasty sausage) eggs and veggies.
next day we drove the rest of the way through a totally different climate ( not after i got pulled over on trumped up charges of reckless driving. which was total shit but we didn't get fined and i have the international drivers permit so he let us go. on the way to the cape you have to pass through some insane mountains and we saw snow covered peaks against a perfect sky and wine vineyards all around. oh and we saw a baboon on the side of the road which looked like it was hitchhiking.
cape town is sweet and if i had to live anywhere in south africa it would be here. we're staying in bantry bay which is just off the coast. From the front door of our guest house you can see the mountains, and from the back you can see the ocean.
we did the cape of good hope and table mountain national park on tuesday and the cape wine lands in stellenbosch yesterday. good hope is amazing, we passed through a bunch of small surfing and fishing towns on our way down the peninsula from cape town. as is with most of south africa, we passed some multi million dollar homes and some insanely poor shanty townships. the drive is coastal so you can see sharks and whales breach when the weather is right. as we rounded the hook we thought of all the tons of IPA's that had to round the False bay on there way to the other side of the world. the waves were immense and we got to pass through some of the most desolate and beautiful scenery on earth. we saw springbok, three ostriches, and a tons of baboons in the park. the bottom of the world puts some things in perspective like just how large a place this globe really is and just how far away from home we really are.
in terms of close quarters its been all motels and guesthouses so far so we really haven't interacted too much with other travelers, i have to say at least from my perspective i am really enjoying kim's company and haven't once wanted to sell her into white slavery. shes a trooper and has put up with my madness to date, so thanks babe but we still have 51 weeks to go so forgive me if i start to loose my gourd in a couple of months.
we did a brandy distillery and a cape methode classic ( champagne style whites) as well as two more traditional wineries. i only managed to lock the keys in the car once so far. see i wasn't that drunk. capped the day off with some amazing fresh seafood on the docks in hout bay ( prawns, calamari, and hoek ( type of fish) slaw and a beer all for under 15 bucks.
today we dropped the rental car off in cape town centre and did a bit of walking around. hit up the Holocaust museum and the great synagogue. went to the university districts for some shopping and cafes, and did a stroll down Long St. which is there equivalent of Broadway. minibus taxi back to Seapoint which is a brilliant idea for new york, imagine those cheap chinatown buses ( not the ones that go to Philly and DC...the ones that are all in chinese and take people back to sunset park and flushing). 5 rand and you can hop on/of where ever you need to go. when i get home i'm buying 4 vans and doing the hipster circuit one over the williamsburg and one of over the Manhattan bridge charge two bucks a person don't leave till you're full and loop all day make a mint.
anyway back at the crib now about to go out for some night sunset photography on the promenade and then some Korean food.
bul-go-ki bitches
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