Well the day before our trip in usual Kellie fashion I fell down the stairs and got the largest bruise on my backside you have ever seen and was in agony and went to bed with a bag of frozen brussel sprouts strapped to my arse - typical.
How excited we were. Maria brought Karen to mine we opened our champagne to celebrate our travels and off we went. We then had a surprise visit from Catherine at the airport to wave us off - very sweet.
The trip was fine, although somewhat long, but we arrived safely to the basking heat of South Africa welcomed at the airport by a steel band. It was very moving.
When arriving at the hostel we were in pure shock when we saw our room, we just looked at each other in horror. However, we have now adapted to a life of peasantry and have fitted in nicely. The people here are very friendly so that makes things alot easier and as usual we have spoken to everyone.
On the second night at the hostel after being out partying we went to the balcony for some air. I opened the door to go back inside and a big rat ran past my leg and bounded up the corridor. To me it looked like a leopard since rats are one of my worst nightmares so I jumped on the couch and Karen ran back onto the balcony and closed the door and left me in with the rat. Charming. We were so not impressed by this visitor and complained the next day. Luckily we have not seen any since as the pest control have been in although last night we saw 3 outside so bolted up the stairs hmmmm not good.
The transport is very good, they have Pitstops (like camper vans) which you just flag down hop on and off wherever you want to go. They are like mobile discos the music is so loud and quite often you end up sitting on a complete strangers lap. Still not many are stranger than us so who cares.
So far we have been to Simonstown by train. A lovely place which they call Penguin Island. There is a Penguin retreat but they literally come up to you on the beach. It's amazing and very lovely.
We have also been to Muizenberg by train again a lovely beach with crashing waves. A great place with warmer seas but very windy so mouthfuls of sand on occasion but still worth a look.
A boat trip to Robbens Island where Mandela was held prisoner for 27 years. A much bigger place then we thought. It is scorching for one plus there are all different animals like Penguins, Seals, wild birds and deer just to name a few. Certain parts are closed but young children still go there to the school and there are 152 people that actually live there. The stories of the prisoners were very moving and we were escorted around by an ex inmate who told us about his personal experiences along with the story of Mandela. We also saw Mandela's cell which was literally like a hole.
We have made some friends in several of our locals bars who are so nice and friendly and have really watched our backs. We have settled in nicely and spent the day out last week with a few of them at the Waterfront. This is literally where the harbour is and consists of bars, restaurants, live bands and a shopping centre. A really nice place to spend the day.
The man front. A few days ago we popped to a pub where we met a couple of guys. One was rather keen on me (Kellie) whose name was Gary and a few nights later we met another guy (who was very keen on Karen) called Gerard. Gary then walked in to the bar and Gerard knew him - what a small world. We ended up being out with them until 5am. The next day, Gerard came to the hostel to make sure we were home and left his number. We were busy and didn't have time to call him. So the following day he knocked on our door and invited us out with them that evening. When we met them (a very stylish hour late) Gerard was being rather moody and annoying so he went off with the strop as we were not laughing at his crap jokes. Gary stayed for a bit then off he went. As usual, they did not buy a drink so we went off. We then bumped into a guy we had already met called Alvin who introduced us to some other people with whom we were then out until 7am. No wonder we are looking like hell ha.
Karen then met another guy called Nick who did buy a drink but turned our to be a druggie so not such a catch after all. All in all there are some quite cute guys here but so far we are just observing from afar until we are ready to go in for the kill.
Going back to Gary (my stalker) we went into a bar last night and the barmaid told us that Gary's mum had been in looking to meet me can you believe it ha. He's in loveeeeeeee haaaaaaa. I do get them.
Tonight we are going clubbing with our new friend Frankie (the queer)and Nicky a girl he works with in the sushi bar. I don't think I will be eating in there haaaa. We are going to a club called Hemosphere so all will be revealed to you on our next blog visit.
