It was quite an emotional feeling when we caught our first glimpse of Cape Town on Tuesday (1st Feb) evening...after a 7 hour journey from George. This was topped off by the fact that our bus driver pumped up the volume and played the song 'welcome to cape town, enjoy the party' over the sound system (a little on the cheesy side, but it kinda worked, hehe!). it was our last experience of the baz bus-a great&simple way to travel through SA&mingle with different travellers.
For the last week or so, we've been staying with some lovely friends again, in a beautiful house opposite a park in an area called Woodstock not too far from town.
For the last week or so, we've been staying with some lovely friends again, in a beautiful house opposite a park in an area called Woodstock not too far from town.
we have been on our first ever red city tourist bus (the same ones you see in London) which was lots of fun. It was great at helping us get our bearings & to learn lots of interesting facts about the city. We stopped off at the District Six museum which was extremely interesting, wandered around different areas of the town & spent some time on the beach (particularly nice as the weather has been around 35o so a swim in the Atlantic Ocean has been well needed!)
Taking the ha;f an hour ferry across to Robben Island was a really worthwhile experience for us, as they describe life as a political prisoner there. You can see the mainland from the island, which must have made it so hard for them...being so close, but yet so far from civilisation. We were really challenged on the concept of forgiveness&striving for peace. Some of the ex-prisioners&guard have chosen to now live on the island, working in harmony together to show that reconciliation is possible-wow, what a challenge for us all! The boat trip was much more of a pleasant experience compared to the Zanzibar choppy ferry!
Since being in Cape Town, we have also spent a few days cycling around into&around the city (we were able to borrow some lovely bcycles from our friends) which was oh so much fun. We had to be very aware of the traffic though, often opting to cycle on the pavement, as nobody seems to know what to do when bicycles are on the road, however it meant we could get around the city much quicker and easier.
We visited the Jewish museum and Holocaust Centre - these were very interesting museums, deigned in a great way. We also spent time relaxing in the company gardens...beautiful gardens in the centre of town.
We have had such a wonderful time this last week, being surrounded with Woodstock Community Church & learning from how this very special bundle of people are doing life together-an awesome witness to God's grace&peace in quite a tough area of Cape Town.
For our next two weeks, we will be volunteering at Ikhaya le Themba, an after school club in a township in Hout Bay called Imizamo Yethu. We'll let you know more about this project in a short while.....
in the meantime, we send lots of love to you all, thinking of you&hoping whatever season you are in, you are hopeful for what this new day has in store,
with all our lovex
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