The end...

Apologies for the late blogging, but Cape town was such a rush i didnt have much time to get on the internet. Plus the internet broke for a bit in the hostel.

My last blog talked about the Great white shark dive which was on tuesday...

so, tuesday night: There was a killer pool tournament being run in the bar so we ll joined in. it was R5 entry which is under 50p. The rules were you get one turn each, if you pot a ball you pass the cue on, if not, you lose a life. Once you've lost all three lives you are out. You can pot the black at any time and if you do, you have to funnel a beer or nominate someone else to funnel. It was really good fun, about 20 people started off. i potted the black first time and funnelled, and it went from there, i got to the last four, (after about 6 funnels) and beat my opponent in the semi final (which was a proper match) then i got beat on the black in the final, was a really good game though.

Wednesday: Sky dive... picked up at 9.45 for a two hour journey out to the sky dive site, got split into pairs as only two can jump at any time. Laura was in the second pair and i was in the last, as you can see from the pics she was bricking it. ... the landing site was right out the front of where we were so i went outside to watch Laura land. could hear her screaming from a mile away but she absolutely loved it. My turn came along, you go up in this tiny little plane, sitting on a mans lap...brilliant. The view was incredible, you could see robben island and table mountain from 9000 feet which is where we jumped from. The chute opened at 5000 feet but doesn't kick in til 4500. It was unbelievable, best feeling ever falling like that. I bought the DVD so you can all look at me looking disgusting. Hit the beach in the afternoon which was really nice, played a few games and took some awesome photos on rocks.

Wednesday night: Movie night. The hostel put a big screen up and project a movie onto it every Wednesday. it was 'The boat that rocked', that British comedy about a pirate radio station on a boat.
Was actually pretty good. ..then bed.

Thursday was a bit of a chill day, weather wasn't too great so just played pool and relaxed until the night where we had a big drinking game session including a big flunkyball tournament. Even played against a German who had a special throwing technique (i scored more than him so its ok).

Friday: we had to check out at 10 so had a shower etc and wacked the bags in a storage room. Weather was a bit better so went to the market and waterfront for a drink. Was really beautiful and i bought the most awesome radio ever, made out of wire and a carling can.
Flew back at 6ish, arrived back at Tekwini at around 8.30, all of us were starving so its a good job we'd booked a big table at Butcher Boys (the place we had a first meal at) Had a fillet steak with jalapeno filling was amazing. Then hit a place called Joe Cools, turned out it was full of the students we taught at Marris Stella, lots of hormones flying about. But we made the most of it and mucked about on the dance-floor, was a really good night in the end.

This morning: Up for breakfast at Europa, had some scrambled egg
with Mozzarella, mushrooms, bacon, and these bread things.

And that leads to me to where i am now...sitting in the Internet cafe a few hours before our flight back home.

This trip has been incredible, I've seen so many things, some amazing, some moving and some depressing. I've experienced a feeling on several occasions that I can only describe as the Oscar Schindler feeling...You always feel like you could do more and help more people...like what you're doing isn't enough. But just seeing the
kids faces light up when we arrive, dancing around like nutters during a session, laughing, joking and running alongside the bus waving when we leave is enough to know that we've done something special.

This has definitely been the best experience I've had and i wont ever forget it. Thank you to those who sponsored us and to Mum and Dad for supporting me.

I hope you've enjoyed reading my blog, its actually been really fun writing it and uploading the photos.

I look forward to seeing you all soon,

Jamie

p.s - The pic of table mountain through a window is the view from the toilet in cape town, alright?