Great White Sharks - need I say more?

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Well I'm back in England now, staying at my sister's house in Telford awaiting Rees' return from Afghanistan and looking forward to our next trip away!

Before I left Cape Town, I managed to squeeze in everything that I planned. I climbed Table Mountain and abseiled down it. The next day I went on a wine tour, which started at 8.00am so I was drinking wine at 9.00am and had had far too much already by midday, especially in the heat! Then the next day I was up bright and early to go cage diving with great white sharks...

There are two trips out on the boat each day and I was put on the first, which meant leaving Cape Town at 5.10am. After a two hour drive to the location and a three hour boat trip we saw nothing at all and I was gutted. Apparently they see nothing less than one per cent of the time, so we were pretty unlucky. However I insisted that as it was my last day and therefore my last chance to see them, I should go on the afternoon trip too and my the girl I made friends with that day (Laura) should come too. So we went and saw loads of sharks. We got the chance to get into the water (inside a cage) and see them properly. I was amazing and they got so close that you could see every detail on their faces. I don't agree with the way in which they encourage the sharks to come to the boat, but it was a once in a life time opportunity that I couldn't resist taking, and I'm glad that I did as it was amazing to see them.

That night I was knackered, but went out as it was my last one in Cape Town before I was up at 4.00am the next day to get ready to leave and catch my flight home. I had a good night and said goodbye to the friends that I had made that were still there and didn't get to bed long before I had to get up. When I came to finish my packing off in the morning I discovered that my iPod and some cash had been taken from my bag at some point on my last day, so that put a bit of a downer on things.

All in all though I had an amazing time in South Africa and would definitely recommend it as a travel destination. I saw some really beautiful places and animals, and met some amazing people along the way.

For photo hightlights of Cape Town:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1568&l=50d1f&id=507899698

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