After day 1
Today was our first full day and it was nothing but great. I woke up for our first breakfast and stepped outside hoping for sunrise as the forecast was optimistic but unfortunately the air was filled with fog (supposedly we are to never trust the forecast as sure things here because the unpredictable nature of the town). But…I would soon learn that fog could never fully cover the true beauty of this incredible city. Today was the overall city tour and naturally I was excited but at the same time still a little bummed about the foggy weather when we began but this feeling wouldn’t last very long. Our first stop was “Waterfront” which is apparently our “go to” spot for everything. During the orientation we learned about a taxi driver whose name is Ish. We were then told that he was much more of a taxi driver, he has become really close with Global Lead for the previous two years driving all the students and staff around day and night. Apparently Ish gets super pumped for this time of year nowadays and even took off five weeks of work to be of full service to us, so basically he lives, eats, breathes Global Lead now. So it was fitting that Ish would be our tour guide as we went on the city tour today and he is quite the character indeed. Waterfront was a fun place but we didn’t spend much time there because we were just eating lunch there since we would be there frequently during the trip. After leaving Waterfront we rode along the coast and saw Cape Town stadium up close which Ish describes the bird’s eye view of the stadium as a “toilet seat”. (we later on saw this view and I can’t argue, it’s a valid description). We drove up the coast further and this side of the coast had sea cliffs that reminded me of riding up the California coast in the Pacific. This is when I discovered that not even the thickest fog could cover up God’s beautiful creation of this place. We stopped along the way and got out for our Kodak moments and the waves were crashing up against the huge rocks and the view of the coast was simply indescribable. After snapping a few pics from the safe point near the viewing area, me and some of the guys got a little curious and began do scale down the steep coastline. The “A”(Adventure) of the Global acronym L.E.A.D. was already beginning to come out in some of us guys that couldn’t just get the view from the top but instead had to be on top of the rocks. We didn’t think twice, (even though it may have been a good idea to) the rocks were tall, steep, sharp and not all connected so we were jumping from rock to rock which in some cases had gaps with a decent 30-40 ft drop into an abyss below. But the feeling once we reached the top was priceless and very rewarding. And that’s when we decided our Kodak moment was good enough to snap some pictures. Whenever climbing up things such as rocks or trees, most people aren’t thinking about how difficult it may to get down…but fortunately we maneuvered our way back to safety haha. Signal hill overlooking table mountain and devil’s peak was next stop on our agenda. These two landmarks are normally visible from all parts of Cape Town and we had still yet to see them because of the thick fog. Riding up this mountain I was nervous that we weren’t going to be able to see them once again from the best view in town. As we were nearing the top of the hill and the viewing area, the sun slowly peaked out and then all of a sudden they just appeared. It was the perfect grand revealing after we turned the corner and the sun shined bright on these great mountains of Cape Town. already got some great pics, it was really foggy this morning but the sun came out with perfect timing as we got to the top of their signal mountain overlooking table mountain and devil's peak which I'll try and post pics of below, me and my fraternity brother really like our roommates and all the guys on the trip really, everyone is just down to earth and fun, and this is just half the group, the other half doesn't get in till tonight
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