Today we went to a beautiful beach about 10 minutes outside of downtown Cape Town. In order to get to the beach we had to take two separate mini buses. Mini buses are the big ‘vans’ that honk and yell at you along the Main rd. It is definitely not an official company that organizes these mini buses. Furthermore, minibuses are not the safest mode of transportation, but definitely the cheapest. It cost 5 Rand (basically 70 cents) to travel 4 miles. While on the first bus, that was basically full, I was already squished next to my friend Charlotte. The bus then stopped to pick up this pretty shady dude and of course he decided to squeeze in right between Charlotte and I. First of all, he smelled just like a fish and was sweating a lot, and had knives and blades hanging from his backpack and was putting deodorant on his hands and was singing/yelling at himself and at the people on the bus. Not the best 10 minutes bus ride of my life. I Purelled my whole body after that.
The beach we went to was called Clifton beach and there are for separate beaches in the area. The first and second beaches (Clifton 1 and 2) are known for the super models that sunbathe there, but unfortunately for me and my eyes there were not many there….darn. Clifton 4 is more of a family beach, where there were surprisingly a lot of pregnant women. We however were on Clifton 3, which was known as the gay beach…needless to say a lot of guys wearing white speedos. After lathering up with a lot of SPF 30 sunscreen, I took a nice dip in the water. It was really hot out, so I thought it would be refreshing to be in the water for a while. As I sprinted from the beach into the water my hopes and dreams of being able to fl0at in the water for a while were crushed. Literally the coldest water I have ever been in. I then proceeded to take a nap in the sun, but after 30 minutes I knew that if I didn’t cover up that I was going be burnt (one again). So I dug a whole for myself and had my friends Steve and Charlotte bury my whole body in sand and then put a hat over my head. Much much better. One of the beach venders found this very entertaining, and he decided to fill a cup up with sea water and then put a couple cubes of dry ice in it to make it steam, and then placed the cup of my stomach. Thanks vender man.
After cleaning the sand off my body, we decided to go on a walk along the beach to this point where you could see along the whole coastline. It was beautiful. The water was bright blue and clear, and we had the best view of the fog racing over the top of table mountain. Along the way we saw some spear fishermen who had just caught some fish, so of course I asked if I could take a photo with the spear and the dead fish. Sexy. At the point overlooking the coastline, I couldn’t help but yelp and scream at the top of my lungs. Its just nice to make loud noises when you can. It was definitely one of the best places I’ve ever been.
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