10-03
We pulled into port around 5 AM. It was still dark and all you could see was the city lights with the back drop of Table Mountain – the view was amazing! After the ship docked I jumped back into bed for a while until we had to meet with customs to get our passports stamped. In South Africa they have to meet with each person to stamp their passports. Which I think is pretty pointless because they didn’t even look at my picture.
The ship was docked in the V&A Waterfront which honestly is the most touristy thing I have ever seen. South Africa has SOOO much history and the V&A Waterfront is full of expensive hotels and restaurants with a HUGE mall and is basically a safe haven for all the rich tourists that travel around the city on huge tour buses. Needless to say I did not spend much time in that area. It was so fake, not the real South Africa at all.
That day we spent the morning exploring the surrounding area. We found a sign pointing to various cities around the world and the distance. There was one pointing to Boston – I was 12421 Km from home! There were also a lot of things still up from the world cup. Like there was a big feris wheel anda giant red sculpture of a man made out of coca-cola crates. We all got lunch at a restaurant called Paninaro where we all stuffed ourselves on pizza and drank a lot of wine! Yumm yumm! There was a really cool street group performing right near us and they were so great!
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