Coffee Bay

This weekend, my roommates and I took off Friday and Monday and headed to Coffee Bay for the weekend. We hopped on the BazBus at 6:45 on Friday morning and sat for hours on our way to Coffee Bay. Not to say that the whole day was wasted, I finished the book I was reading and I got half way done with the next by the time we arrived home last night. Coffee Bay was definitely an eye opening experience. The land was lovely, All along the Indian Ocean, there are cliffs. This means that when you are on the beach, you feel like there is no one else in the world near you. One of the beaches that we went to on our way to Hole in the Wall, had hills on all sides of it. The only way to the beach was to hike 1 hour from town up and down and around many cliffs and hills. I say that this weekend was an experience because Coffee Bay is not what most would consider a tourist trap with lights and loud music. In fact, our first night there, the restaurant we went to did not have power because the signal was too weak. This continued throughout the weekend with different places loosing power. Let me not get ahead of myself. The adventure starts when the BazBus drops you off. There is another 2 hour van ride to the town of Coffee Bay. This road is filled with potholes. In many places on the road, there are so many potholes that they cannot be avoided. We did much hiking and laying on the beach, sorry Ohioans. For Hannah, I just wanted to let you know that along the road to and from Coffee Bay we passed a sign for Cuba, I recognize that it's not actually Cuba (the country) but we were all joking that we could just follow the sign and be in Cuba. Oh well, that would have been cool!

It's Been A While!

So I guess I've been slacking on my blog writing, but here is another one. 2 weekends ago, a couple of my roommates went to Knysna with their cooperating teacher. They came back with amazing pictures and stories. I am very excited to go with my parents on our way to Cape Town. The other 3 of us stayed in PE and did a few fun things. On Friday, we went to a professional cricket match and I learned that I really enjoy cricket. Then the next day Jessica and I worked at a water polo tournament at Pearson High School. Our team did very well only losing Grey, a sport power house. This past weekend, we went to the Stadium that was built for the World Cup for a rugby game. Saturday morning, we went out for breakfast (it was disappointing) and to the Oceanarium. The Oceanarium was not what we expected, but had some really cool animals, including baby sharks. Unfortunately, the dolphins that used to do shows were moved because of renovations. All in all these last 2 weekends were very fun. This weekend we are taking Friday and Monday off of school so that we can go to Coffee Bay. It should be amazing. I think I will try to go abseiling (repelling). The rocks here have been carved out by the sea in very unique ways. We will also see our first real introduction to Xhosa culture. I am very excited!