Cape of Good Hope

Well we've made it to Africa, crazy I know. In Cape Town right now after flying into Johanasburg and then to Durbin. Stopped at East London for a couple of days before heading on down to the East Cape. We've got some time to kill here but lots of things to do so its good. Sorry no pictures yet, I can't do them on this computer and honestly there hasn't been a whole lot to take pictures of so far except cities that are pretty much exactly like any other big city you could go to. Its kinda wierd really, not exactly what I was expecting, call me an uneducated American but when I think Africa I think deserts and animals and that sort of thing you see on postcards and travel books and national geographics and skyscrapers and subways don't really make the list, but thats what we've been seeing. Its not to bad really though, the cities are really cool. Durban was really nice and East London relaxed and Cape Town is supposed to be amazing but I've only arrived this morning so we'll just have to see about that won't we.
Kranston, I never ended up hearing about your guy, but We weren't around the boxing scene all that much. We tried to go to the main stadium for a fight one night in Bangkok but it was 2000 baht to sit ringside and the other seats were standing in these cage type things up over the ring where the Thais go to gamble.
The flight from Bangkok was awesome, we flew over Sri Lanka and then the south bit of the persian gulf. It was a clear night so th stars were amazing and the moon a little sliver reflected in the black ocean. Every now and then a city of lights would become visable through the window and I'd look at the little map to see what we were flying over, and with the exception of the seachelle Islands I'd realize that it was these massive groups of Oil rigs all lit up. There would be a cluster of about 30 of em together and at first they serisouly looked like cities on there own. It took a bit to figure out what there were the first time.
There are lots of stuff I want to do in Cape Town. Its prime South African wine country and they offer lots of tours and tastings. I'm gonna climb Table Mountain which is the dominate feature of the cape of good hope, a giant flat topped mountain that overlooks the city and marks the southern most tip of Africa. I still want to do a Sharkdive but I'm learning more about it and there is an ethicl issue. Not all the companies are being irrisponsible but some aren't really going out far enough and instead are drawing the sharks close to the shore with chum. As a result sharks are starting to associate divers and boats with food and shark attack rates are climbing as shark diving is expanding. They've already outlawed it in Australia and its looking like its going that way here too so I'm not sure if I want to do it or not. I'll try to get the pictures I've got so far up onto the web in the next couple of days cause I'm not sure how much internet access I'll be having once we get up out of SA. Heading to Namibia first for a week and a half or so. Namibia has got the largest percentage of nature reserves of anu country in the world and is the least populated per area of any country in Africa. Hopefully that means we'll be seeing very few people and lots and lots of Lions and tigers and bears. Well maybe not bears, switch that with giraffes or hippos or something. After Namibia its on to Botswana and then Zambia and down through to SA through Krugar and back to Jo-burg. It should be really great, you'll have to bear with me for updates, I'll do as much as I can but I think part of the deal is there's not a lot of internet and things like that.
The food here is amazing, lots of curries and things like that. My favorite thing so far is Bunny chow or bunnies. Witty chefs invented it during the Aparthied government at white only gold clubs where black caddies were not allowed to use the cuttlery in the kitchens. So what they did is hollow out a half loaf of bread and fill it with curry and then you scoop it out with the hollowed out bit, sorta like our bread bowls. Ok so I'm off to explore Cape Town, I hope everything is great at home.

By the way, check this out, I'm figureing it out bit by bit