Today we got up early (again) and went up to Table Mountain by Cape Town. Table Mountain is a flat mountain at three thousand feet that towers over Cape Town and resides right above the sea. It actually doesn't look to high from underneath, but once you get up there by a fast moving cable car, man is it high. For those of you living in Ketchikan, Table Mountain is about the same height as Deer Mountain, but it feels much higher. The view from the top changes as you face different directions, from an above view of beautiful Cape Town, to a fantastic view of the expansive Atlantic and Indian Oceans, to a cloudy look of the surrounding countryside. We went on a short, brisk walk around the perimeter of the top (part of it, at least) and took some funny and silly videos of us singing "The Sound of Music" and making fun of Cory. Sorry Cory, but it wasn't my idea.
We also saw the City Hall, which is known as The Castle. We learned about the process of justice in the 1600's, which includes forcing people to confess through tortures such as lashings, being hung from the ceiling, being dropped from said ceiling, and being left without treatment for a day after these punishments in a dark, dank dungeon. We took a video here as well, but I'll show you that at home.
Our guide next brought us to a diamond shop that showed us the process of creating diamonds and polishing them. Sorry everybody, but we didn't get any souvenirs there. We also took a look at a very pretty and rare jewel called Tanzinite, which is only found in one mine near Mt. Kilamajaro in Tanzania. It's incredibly rare and very neat looking, in colors varying from blue to violet, and all shades of these colors. We've been told that the darker the stone, the better the quality. I'm not a huge fan of shiny rocks, but I thought that that stone was quite nice to look at.
Well, It's time for dinner. I'll write about tomorrow tomorrow.
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ReplyDeleteIT WORKED! omg. amazing. omg kelly i miss u!! i have wanted to post something for quite some time but it never worked. it made me mad. now it works (as you can see) YAY! it looks as tho ur having an amazing time there in africa. i wanna go, u should have taken me :P so u neeeeeed to get me something there special. i know u will see something there that will be shouting my name. like a monkey (baboon, whatever) or a lion or tiger or bear (OH MY!) any one of those things. try and get them on the plane. lol. or say its one of ur new friends, im sure the flight attendants wont mind a bit. ugh life is so boring without u. i need ur laughing and crazyness. its getting dull. i cant wait till u come back. i hear its like in a week or something. i cant wait!!! i miss u and love u tons! love the pics btw. u need to take one with some wild amimal that looks like me. DO IT. i know u will find one fo sho. haha. well talk to you later! im going to bed. unfortuently i have school tomorrow (unlike u. if u didnt know) well ttyl!! BYE BYE!! or..hosKFHOEHFOHoe (thats in my own african language. thats right. i went there. be jealous)
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ReplyDeleteHey Kelly! I'm glad you're having a great time. And I'm really anxious to see that egyptian hat. And sorry Kelsey, but the trade of monkies to the US has been banned due to some poor lady getting her face ripped off by a rabid monkey. Ah well. Please get Kelsey a nice, non-rabid souvenir.
anyways life in Salem has been pretty eventful. The boys auditioned for Fools the play, and Mark made it to callbacks.
Kelsey got and ended a relationship.
I got first in OPEN PROSE!!! at Mt. Hood.
Kayla had her birthday. and Abby's is coming up. and we're all anxious for you to get home so we can see all your pictures and newly aquired knick-knacks. YOur blog is great and I really enjoyed the Egyptian fertility pic.