Table Mountain

Last night was a nice & relaxed evening. We came back after our walk around town familiarising ourself with the city centre & set we up a BBQ in the courtyard of the hostel (when I say we you know I mean Tymon). We went to the supermarket & brought a HUGE piece of steak - it is cheap here! I thought it was going to be expensive but it's great - we can still stick to our budget & do lots of nice things.

Last night Tymon also had his debut MC gig in SA! Lols - talk about no rest for the wicked. A friend of a friend from SA is a DJ here so he invited Tymon to go with him to MC! I didn't go with him as being typically me - I was tired & just wanted to chill. I knew it would be a late one as indeed it was. He came back at 4am this morning!! He had a good time though & said it went well. He also said that if we wanted to climb table mountain we should be up at about 7am - which considering the time wasn't going to be likely! He was also advised that we should check before heading to the mountain as if the wind was as strong as it had been yesterday it would be likely that the cable car would not run up & down & that would mean that it would be a real mega hard climb in the wind both up & down.

However when we awoke this morning it was a glorious scorcher of day & hardly any wind. We checked the website & it said there was a light wind so we decided to go for it!

It took us about 10 mins in a cab to get to the mountain trail we wanted to do & off we went. We climbed Platteklip Gorge & was told it would take anything from 1.5 hours to 4 hours (depending on how fit we are!) We aimed to make it in 1.5 hours!! :0) Within 30 secs I was deep breathing & inhaling through my nose & out of my mouth just like running. And this was nothing, Platteklip is up - relentlessly up! That's the only way to describe it. It's the most direct route to the top but as the leaflet says "It's not a route to be trifled with! The going can get tough." And tough it did get. It was soooooo hot! About 30 degrees & 40% humidity so it was a looong steep climb. But it was amazing. Hard bloody work but felt really great the higher we got & when we looked back behind us it instantly gave us the kick to keep going harder & pushing on up! And of course I was thinking of all those calories I would be burning! Tymon was pushing me all the way to keep up with his manly pace which I have to admit I was really surprised about. Considering he never works out & up until 5 days ago smoked a lot of 'doobies' - hahaha - he had quite the spring step in him!!

Finally after....1 hr 45 mins (ahh just out of our goal)we reached the top! What a moment!! The views are stunning. You first reach this little rest area & then there's another 10 mins or so of gently climbing up to the table top. On one side you can see the ocean spreading before your eyes with the sun setting (only of course if you're up there at sunset!) & the other side you can see the whole of cape town beneath you. Beautiful!

Check out the photos to see what we saw!

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After a little picnic on the rocks overlooking the town we headed to the bar for a well deserved beer before getting the cable car back down just before closing!

Tonight is pretty similar to last night. The taxi dropped us off at the supermarket & we got more BBQ stuff before taking the first 'precarious' night walk back to the hostel. Needless to say we were walking rather fast paced! Lols. But it was fine. We also realised that it would infact be cheaper to eat out rather than buy stuff & cook at the hostel! But Tymon needs his fire & to exercise the Bear Grills within!!

Although unfortunately he doesn't quite have the stomach of Bear Grills! We accidentally picked up some lamb sausages ( well I say accidentally - we did ask the lady in the butcher section & she said they were beef) but on putting it in his mouth he spat it straight out & said he was off to get a pizza!

So now we're just chilling, & planning where to next. We get the car tomorrow so then the real adventure begins!

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