Tuesday September 30th Last night we got to know one of our tour guides really well. His name is Toby and he is from Australia. He gave up working in defense in Australia and came to South Africa with his wife, who is South African, and now became a safari guide because he had such a passion for the animals and the bush. Well, he volunteered to lead us on a bush walk this morning at 6am and even came and woke us up. Only a handful of us actually got up ...

Monday September 29th Slap Shot and I got up at 2am and showered and gathered the rest of the stuff we were going to take with us on the safari. The group was meeting at 2:30am to get taxis together and go to the airport for our 5:45am flight to Johannesburg. About half of our group didn't get any sleep at all last night and had just got back from the clubs in down town Cape Town so by the time we left the ship it was 3am. We split two taxis for 13 peop...

Sunday September 28th Today we got up for breakfast again at 8:00 and planned out our day. We decided to hike Table Mountain in the morning and then go on an adventure in the afternoon to an ostrich farm, wine lands, Cape of Good Hope, or wherever else we might want to go. Today is really our last free day in Cape Town because tomorrow we leave for our safari! Lacey, Slap Shot, our friend Matt, and two other girls and I all left the ship around 1...

Saturday September 27th Today we woke up at 8:00 anxious to go cage diving with great white sharks! Our group of eight was getting picked up at 9:30 to be taken to Gansbaii, two hours east of Cape Town. Driving out of Cape Town, we saw a lot of townships lining the interstates. Once out of the Cape Town area, we were able to see some of the natural beauty of South Africa. The Mountains are very tall, but do not have trees, just grass and rock. The s...

Friday September 26th This morning we pulled into Cape Town, South Africa!! We were blessed once again with great weather for pulling into port. Terribly choppy seas delayed us getting in by a few hours, not to mention made last night nearly impossible to sleep with everything in the room falling over and drawers flying open. The pilot met us in the harbor at 7:00 rather than the 5:00 scheduled time. Our diplomatic briefing was scheduled for 9:00 bu...