aloha, Wilderness

I hadn’t showered in five days when I walked into my house again this morning, but that was alright because I’d been swimming in a freshwater pool at the base of a waterfall the day before so I felt pretty decent about myself.

Christine, Christina, Emily and I spent the last few days llazing about in hammocks, frolicking in the Indian Ocean, wandering the beach collecting shells, eating fresh calamari and prawns, drinking cocktails and cozying up around the fire at night. We were staying at a hostel in Wilderness, a little beach town 7 hours north of Cape Town and on a marvelous stretch of beach. It was refreshing to be able to relax and wander around paradise safely and on our own. We’d taken the “dodgy” bus line up on Sunday night and were the only white folks on it so the ride was a concert of Xhosa—the Southern African language with click consonants and vowel intonations. It was lovely. Our Greyhound picked us up this morning at 2am, so we’re a little wired but content.

School starts tomorrow which is hard to fathom after growing accustomed to two hour-long seafood dinners, the sound of the surf at night and naps on the beach, but I think I can handle it. That is if I can find my classes. Room numbers are kind of like this: HUMBL2. Hmm. Also, I’m not officially registered yet because my account has an error on it. Whatever that means. Hopefully, it’ll be fixed. If not find me at Beach House Backpackers in Wilderness in a few months and I’ll serve you up some mean oysters.

Christine leant me some photos:

Emily, castle and Beach House

those are little snail things eating the jellyfish. woah

we rented canoes in Wilderness National Park and paddled/hiked to this waterfall.

we made a friend at Happy Hour. :)