My day started early once again, though not as bad. Our taxi driver came and picked us up at 8:30 and we began our long drive around Cape Town. It was just me, Ellie, and Ally. It was a lot of driving and a busy day, but it was so beautiful and fun! We started by going to this little ferry that took us to Seal Island. It was a cheap and short little boat trip, but so cool! There is this island that is just covered in seals! They were so cute! Very stinky, but ver...

So, the day started at 4:30am when I woke up to get ready. Our shuttle came at 5:30am and it was about a 2 and a half hour drive to where we were gonna be cage diving. There were 6 people from SAS altogether with our group. We got to the place, it was this little house on the water and it was so beautiful. They had breakfast all ready for us, and we were able eat and wake up. Most of the people slept on the way there, but I rode shotgun so I stayed awake the whol...

That morning we packed up everything, had a quick snack, and loaded up the vehicles so we could do one more game drive. It was exciting and everything, but I was just so tired from the previous days that I struggled to stay awake on the way out of the reserve. I did, but fell asleep pretty quick once we got on the main road. I had such a blast, but honestly, I was excited to get back to the ship. The shower situation wasn't exactly ideal, so most of us didn't sho...

We woke up at 5:30 that morning so we could have a quick snack before we set out for a game drive. I put a bunch of bug spray on, because you know I really do not want to get malaria, but the bug spray I got attracted bees like it was nobody's business. So I had to use some of the guide's spray. But, luckily on the whole safari I did not get bit, burned, scratched, or eaten, so I guess you could call it a success. We rode in vans and one open-air vehicle that we ...

(Just so you know before you read this, this is the first of 4 updated blogs, so be sure you get to all of them, they are filled with fun stuff and pictures!) The first day of safari was basically a lot of traveling but it was still fun. I had to wake up at 6:45 am to get breakfast and make sure everything was ready. We left the dock area around 8am and went to the airport. The airports pretty much run the same way as the do in the states, except here you could t...