Going to the semifinals with Netherlands playing Uruguay is in the top 5 most exciting things of my life… that game was AMAZING! And the VIBE! RIDICULOUS! Asmaa, Silke, and I got there and ditched our Category 3 seats behind the goal and replaced them with beautiful Category 1 seats in the center of the field. After the owners coming to claim them and us acting dumb (“Oh! Sorry! We must be on another row… oops”), they were nice enough to share them with us, haha! AND AFTER THE GAME! Us Dutchies stayed for another half an hour after the stadium cleared to party behind the goal. Crazy costumes, drums, singing, chanting… it was FANtastic (ha… pun!). Alas, we lost to Spain in the Final on Sunday… but I can deal with that loss. The better team definitely won.
So I’m going to Mozambique (and Swaziland)! Instead of the hectic 11 day long trip with the bus down the Garden Route, we’re flying into JoBurg on Friday, staying up all night to catch a bus in the morning to the Mozambique border, getting our visas there, then taking one of those chicken buses to Maputo, the capital! There we’ll be for 2-3 days, then take the bus to Swaziland for a day before heading back to catch our flight in JoBurg. Still quite hectic, but at least I’ll have another week left in Cape Town before I head back home. I’ve heard amazing things about Mozambique… on one of the days, we’ll be taking a 2 hour long ferry to Inhaca Island, which is supposed to be beaaauuutiful. SO excited also for some warmer weather.
So… time is fluid in South Africa, so my meetings keep getting cancelled or delayed. At this point, I don’t think I’ll be able to finish up my drip irrigation and greenhouse projects :(. At least they have everything they need to get it implemented when I leave. I’d like to continue the transcription of the Mama’s stories even when I’m back in the U.S. I love doing it and it’ll be a good way to stay connected to Ikamva. I’ll need to talk to Nicole about that.
Even though I still have 16 days before I leave Cape Town (11, if you subtract my Moz trip), it feels like time is dwindling quite fast. I feel like there’s so much I still need to do… like:
Go on a wine tour
Eat at more awesome restaurants
Go to a comedy show
Buy souvenirs
Green Point flea market
Go to Llandudno beach
Visit the Association for Visual Arts – (actually did this yesterday!)
Rhodes Memorial
Robben Island
Aquarium
Hour long cruise
Gold of Africa museum
Climb Lion’s Head
Surfing at Muizenberg
Eat at Mzoli’s
And then besides that, just enjoy the local life (like eating, ha). Zola was also going to take me to one of his soccer matches in the township at some point. Need to ask him about that. Thursday a couchsurfer, Jerome, is taking me up the west coast while he meets customers for his business, but will be able to show me some of the towns and sightseeing as well. He’s picking me up at 6:30 am (oy), so need to be up in time for that…
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