CAPE POINT 27/09/2013
Being from Cape Town myself I was
already fully aware of the range of natural beauty the city has to offer. Never
in my wildest dreams or imagination did I expect to experience so many
wonderful events from Cape Point alone as I did today. First, it started off
with a two hour drive from our varsity campus to Cape Point which I thought
would be such a drag- I mean who wants to spend two hours cramped up in a bus.
Turns out I was wrong. I was fascinated by a few of my fellow classmates who
were in awe after they had seen the beach and landscapes of the city for the
first time. I too did not expect the city to look so beautiful especially since
it was rainy the morning and seemed like the rest of the day was going to be
gloom. As we reached the mountains and the weather started to change I could
feel the excitement building up. We reached the first stop (I was too excited
to remember the name) and got out, explored and socialized for about half an
hour then it was time to move along. My friends and I were the last to board
the bus as we were in the bathroom and didn’t hear that the rest were about to
leave- lucky us. Our next stop was my favourite. We had to hike up a rocky
pathway and a few flight of stairs as well to reach the lighthouse. The view
was truly mesmerizing. We could see the land, the beach, the sea, the BABOONS
(lol) and even smell the fresh morning dew that the rain left behind. On our
way up, the adrenaline really kicked in as it was a proper hike and not exactly
the ‘walk’ we expected. Funny enough, a ‘few’ of us were out of breath when we
weren’t even half the way op yet. I used this set back as an opportunity to
take as many pictures of myself and friends to save as memories and brag a
little bit to my other friends and families. Finally, we reached the very top.
There were many other people (foreigners) as well. Chinese, Irish, German and
Polish I think. It was extremely windy up there, I could not even hear myself
think or keep my eyes open. There was a time when the wind literally blew me
over and I had to regain my balance. The walk down was easy though. On our next
and final stop we went down to the beach. We had our lunch inside the bus
because we didn’t want to attract the baboons. The temperature was too cold too
swim and the tide too high so we ended up taking pictures mostly and walking
along the rocks. For those of us who weren’t as tired, we hiked halfway up the
mountain on the ocean side as well and enjoyed the view of watching the two
oceans meet…
