Kapstaad 1

So on Monday I got to Cape Town, coming from Joburg on a cheap flight. Got to the hostal, an amazing hostal, that just got voted the 3rd best in all of Africa. It has a pretty nice bar, so I had a few beers with some people i met there.

So, Cape Town is the oldest european settlement in South Africa, is a very nice nice, downtown you feel like youre in Europe, just with better weather, pretty clean and safe, next to the ocean and lots of things to see and do. Is also a very cosmopolitan city, it has lots of different races here, and in general they get along pretty well. But while the center is pretty nice, there are also a whole lot of townships, where you can see people is really poor, kinda the same in all of south africa. Is also the legislative capital of South Africa, meaning the parliament houses are here.

On the morning I met a danish guy and decided the walk all the way to the top of Table Mountain, 1056m above sea level (thats around 3000 feet). A pretty nice walk up, very steep toward the end, but the views are really breathtaking. Took us the best part of 5 hours to get there and back. Now Table Mountain is almost always covered in clouds, and the weather is pretty unpredictable up there, but we got lucky and did alright. When we got back I headed out to get my Namibian Visa done, since ill be there next week. At night we had a nice braai, kinda like a bbq, South African style, met a whole bunch of people and had a lot of food.

Next day I walked around the city, to see the sights, the oldest building in south africa, which happens to be a castle built by the dutch. I watched the change of guards, since the place is still the headquarters of some division of the army. Visited the old city hall, the botanical gardens, parliament and a bunch of other stuff around. And then I got to the district 6 museum.

District 6 was a neighbourhood where blacks, muslims, indians, etcv lived together and were forced out by the government so they could tear the houses down and make new houses for whites, however no whites went there to live. The museum shows more the family aspects of the area rather than the political aspect of it. Finally that day I went to the Bo Kaap, the muslim part of town, with small cobbled streets and very colourful buildings. Walked around for a while and eat some kind of malayan food, pretty tasty.

Ok, thats it for now, ill post the secoind part in a few hours, since theyre waiting for me so we can out for dinner and im starving. Later!