Table Mountain

September 24, 2006 - 10:50 pm Capetown, 4:50pm Atlanta

Sleepy!

What a day. Again. First off, we went to Table Mountain, which is the dominant
geographical feature in Capetown. It's gorgeous and you get to ride up it in a
fairly terrifying cable car which has a rotating floor. It was actually really
beautiful, as long as you didn't think too much about it.

Table Mountain was very cool and had what was truly the best views of Capetown.
I took a lot of photos but it really doesn't compare to seeing it for real. It
was very similar to the grand canyon in that respect, I think.

We then went down to Capetown and spent some time in this fantastic flea market.
I had a blast because I got to haggle, not just for my stuff but for the other
people's too (since they were no good at haggling). I ended up getting this
incredible giraffe soapstone statue for next to nothing. Just fantastic - it
was a lot of fun.

We spent too long at the flea market so it was nearly 3 when we finally sat down
in Capetown for lunch. We ate at the waterfront at a mediocre sports bar (very
strange to have an American-like sports bar in South Africa). The meal was not
great and the service sucked but the view was spectacular, and since we were all
starving, we enjoyed sitting and resting and eating.

After that, we went to Camps Bay, another great spot, right by the beach, for
sundowners again. Had a few drinks, watched the sun go down - there are worse
ways to spend an evening.

We're home now and I think it's time for bed. I'm wiped out and we have to work
tomorrow. Luckily, it's a public holiday so at least we can go in later than
usual!

I'm off - will try to write more tomorrow! I'll post more photos too.