Last Day in South Africa

Day 5 South Africa:

Happy Easter!  Today is our last day in Cape Town and none of us want to leave!  I could definitely see myself moving here for a few years to work.  It is an absolutely beautiful city and has a similar culture to San Diego- laid back and friendly.  We decided to go shopping in the morning at the waterfront mall since it was just us girls today. After some successful purchases, we headed to a great shabby sheik restaurant called Manna Epicure near the base of Table Mountain.  It reminded me of a hip lunch spot that could easily be in Beverly Hills. Mychaela, Tammy, Margaret and I all ordered the same salad and we just enjoyed our time not having to race around the last day.  Finally we feel like we had the chance to see everything we wanted to and satisfied with our time there. With just a few hours left before on ship time we decided to go back to our favorite beachfront town- Camps Bay- for some drinks and people watching.  It was a great way to end our time in South Africa.  Hopefully I’ll be back very soon!

We were supposed to leave that evening but due to strong winds we didn’t leave until 24 hours later and we weren’t even allowed off the ship again.  It was torture going to class and looking out the window at Table Mountain and the Waterfront knowing that we couldn’t go explore.  Luckily, the MV Explorer is the fastest cruise ship in the world so we just kicked it into high gear to make up for lost time!  Here we come Ghana!