So since last two weeks I am at and I play from <drum rolls>
Cape Town, South Africa!
We got here after Turkey on 31st of August. We rent a comfy, centric 2room flat near Waterfront. I love it here, super sad we gonna stay only till the end of the month as my Polish passport allows for only 1 month of stay here, and getting a visa is bigger pain in the ass than getting a visa for USA. My GF thou, could stay for 3 months (sic!).
view from Waterfront
First impression is, it seems kinda cold (its late winter here) and... British! People here are really nice, well dressed and have this kinda awesome way of conducting themselves as if they know they are awesome but also are not judgy nor obnoxious. Might be biased thou, coz as we later found out our flat is in the gay neighborhood of the city
Not surprising the hair dresser I went to done excellent job, and managed to make me look... hot as ****, which is a bit hard considering what he was working with. Specially when it comes to my beard which my girlfriend happily described as-facial-pubic-hair-that-I-need-to-cut, and after cut as simply perfect. So yeah, the stereotype of gay hairdressers holds up, once again. Also the city itself has a bit of London feel to it.
Noble price winners from SA
When it comes to food I have yet tried anything that wasn't at least good. Even sushi in the market is good. There is huge influence of indian cuisine and a ton of different variations of curry dishes. A bit lighter in spice and a bit more "meaty" in flavor but still great. There are some nice pizza places and abundance of burger joints making some of greatest patties I've ever eaten. Also I got to eat some new exciting types of meat - got my hands on juicy impala steak and tender ostrich steak. This week we plan to visit a pretty cool place that serves tasting of traditional dishes from 15 different regions in Africa, one of the dishes being zebra steak
I don't really like taking photos of stuff i eat but I might start as it's just hard to describe sometimes.
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The Long Street - full of bars and clubs often with live rock/jazz music is where daily, hard working ppl of Cape Town, meet to steam off after hard day, or get wasted on the weekend. Basically whole street filled with pubs, clubs, restaurants and taxis. Something like 12calle/10th avenue in Playa del Carmen. There are some smaller pubs near the place we stay but everything seems to close quite early.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXUgtNC4Kc
a total of 0 ppl got the point of this video in last post. Die Antwoord comes frooom - Cape Town, SA! the more you know!
Nature and sights are just breathtaking.
The mountain in the background of pics before is called Table Mountain because... it looks like a table. Also its 5 times older than some other mountain and looks really cool with clouds over it - the table cloth.
You can climb it or take the cable. The view is superb and its an absolute must see if you ever stop by. Also Table Mountain recently made the list of New7Wonders of Nature at... 7th place!
On the first week that I took off we did a 3 day trip. First thing the route we took is called Garden Route and is one of the most picturesque roads I've seen. Some parts of it are called to be one of the bikers favorites and resemble the legendary highways in USA.
The first stop was Safari. We didn't get to Kruger park - as it's a bit too complicated to organize with all the pills, shots, tickets etc but this one was quite awesome and great first experience with wild animals viewing.
our room
view from the lodge
Got some more pics from the trip and safari itself and maaany other creatures we interacted with - but ill post them together in later post about animals
And btw, gotta tell you, being 30m close to a wild Lion and 2 Lionesses that still hunt for food, in an open roof vehicle - makes your palms sweat
But not as sweaty as when seeing this:
and realizing - it's a highest bridge... from which... you can do a commercial bungy jump! From whooping 216 m.
And I did and it was best ****ing thing ever. Here is the proof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXoHxqD5MGE
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With this ill end this too long post, i hope the amount of pics got it out of tl;dr hell of blog posts.
now, goodnight and remember: keep 'em crushed!