Cape Town lives up to her postcard pictures reputation

Having been to Johannesburg & Cape Town, I've to say that South Africa is really scenic with nice clouds, sparse and clean. According to my tour guide, we can experience 2 seasons during winter- cold or rain in the mornings & nights, warmth & sun in the afternoons.

1. Interestingly, my tour guide was proud to repeat that S.Africa has the highest number of rape & Aids cases in the world. They even have a big centre to house the diseased people.
2. Table Mountain is known for its flat top, and its obvious from the bottom or from far but when up there, its like any other mountain.
3. Whale watching on Gordan's Bay is one of the sightseeing things to do but it's really not all that amazing.
4. Of cos, we wouldn't miss Cape of Good Hope, the most SW point of the African continent.
   The frustrating thing about visiting that point was, the tour guides said to meet them at the top of the mountain in half an hour, or they can drive us up. Looking at the height of the hill, the young, active and act-smart majority of us decided to do the climb. To our horror, when we reached up the hill twenty mins later, we realised that the top they were refering to is on the next mountain. The lighthouse (our meeting point) was just an inch high from where we were, and we could not even see a trekking path or anyone at all! That was how far away we were. That feeling sucks, and there was no way we can turn back since the cars have left.
   The 1 hour route was full of bumps, holes, non-stop swearing, very very scenic views and a call from a colleague making a ridiculous request of asking us to fucking run up.
   To prove my point of how tedious the climb was: despite it being winter, we all removed our coats & when we reached the top, we were actually perspiring. I swear never to trek or hike again, especially not when I was in boots.
   
   
   
   
   
5. With seafood, some good red meat and wine, S.Africa is well-known for its wine and dine culture. Unfortunately for me, I don't take wine and seafood, and we didn't have a single steak meal so it was pure torturous for me.
6. Fyi, Fish&Co originated from S.Africa. It's called Ocean Basket there and is brought in by my ex-colleagues. Everything is the same, including the after mint sweets. Every restaurant in S.Africa serves mint sweets after meals, and that is the only country you can buy those sweets.

I might go back to S.Africa with my brother in summer for a Garden route tour where we'll do the apparently highest bungee jump and see what I saw in Johannesburg (safari) & Cape Town (scenic views).

My roster sucks again but for my coming third Paris, I'll bring the lucky brother there to visit the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and shop til my pockets burn at Champs-Elysées.

The nervous Farena is gonna be wedded on the 9th (I'm excited to meet the poly friends whom I havent't seen in ages) so we had a hen party last night but to our disappointment, she only wanted a typical clubbing night without any of the scandalous things we had planned. Lots of cam-whoring and we made a saddening discovery- we're old. Gone were the days where we could remain on the dancefloor the entire night.

It's day 2 of my leave and it sucks that I've no where to go. It sucks further that the boyfriend is away for competition during my entire leave period!