Feb 18 - Welcome To Africa

So after 21 hours of total travel time including a 3 hour layover in Amsterdam we have arrived in Cape Town.  We arrived at 11:30 pm and were greeted by Lungi’s family. We will be staying at Lungi’s aunt Nikki’s house for the next 2 weeks which is just outside Cape Town in an area called Constantia; an area filled with lush forests, mountains, and wine vineyards. Before heading to Nikki’s we stopped at Lungi’s Grandmother’s house to receive her welcome and blessing – apparently it is a Xhosa (Lungi's family’s tribe) custom for new arrivals to be blessed by the matriarch of the family. We’re now back at Nikki’s which is a ridiculously gorgeous place with glass floors, panoramic windows and beautiful views…who said Africa was going to be tough? 

Anyway, not much else to say as we’ve only been here for a few hours but it seems like there are a lot of things scheduled for us already: various community bbq’s, attending church on Sunday, golfing next week, climbing Table Mountain, visiting wineries, traditional African wedding ceremony…and oh yeah…swimming with GREAT WHITE SHARKS!!!

Stay tuned...