Canal Walk

For being boys, I mean men; we go to a lot of shopping centers. Today we went to "Canal Walk''. It reminds me a lot of the insides of the casinos in Las Vegas at the beginning we just wandered around the mall again. Eventually we went to a cellphone company to fix Lourents' mobile internet. Then we remembered that I still needed a Sim card. We went to Vodacom and Ziyaad's brother got it for me, thanks by the way. So now I have a phone number, now I just need internet.

Today it was finally announced that there is a heat wave. Personally I don’t really mind after a 15 degrees rainy Dutch summer. Tomorrow is the first school day; we probably won’t do any work. It will be most likely an introduction day. I'll meet my teachers and fellow students and get my timetable + books.

The first vlog is uploaded for those who don’t know:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCfxyVySK1E&context=C304fd50ADOEgsToPDskLmRUAzq4oococdApCz_2wr

First blog is finally up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCfxyVySK1E

The Waterfront

Today was the first time that I woke up later than my exchange student. We went to the waterfront to buy a few things but we only came back with a few post cards. We kind of wandered aimlessly around the mall until we decided to have lunch at Primi's. It was around 40 degrees (Celsius) and there was no air conditioner inside, not particularly pleasant. Eventually we decided to venture further into the waterfront. We visited the giant coke-statue (a man made out of coke boxes), the ferris wheel and a dozen rides, from shark cage diving to helicopter tours.

I went to Bishops for the first time. We went to rent my school clothes. Since its summer you're supposed to wear khaki shorts. However these reached till my middle upper leg and the waist was too big. This means that I would have to wear an even smaller size so I refuse to wear them. I’ll just go with the long pants and sweat to death. I bought the blazer since it is a nice memory.

I also finished my vlog; I’ll post the link soon since the video isn’t fully uploaded to YouTube.  It is 19 minutes long but it has a 10 minute drive at the end which you can skip.

The First Days

Today we finally left the house. The entire family was excited to show me 'Hout Bay'. We ate fish and chips in a popular restaurant called Marinas Warf. Since there was an hour long queue Ziyaad and me went on a boat tour. It covered Seal Island and a shipwreck. We filmed it so you'll see it in the vlog. When we came back we ate our lunch. It was really good, probably because the fish was caught 20 seconds ago. Afterwards we took an extremely beautiful route which was called Chapman's Peak Drive. I’ll show the entire drive in my vlog. Besides being beautiful Hout Bay was also very windy. Tomorrow we’ll go buy my school uniform and a sim card and hopefully I’ll finish my vlog. 

Intro

Yesterday, the 13 of January, my three fellow exchange students and I arrived in South Africa. We were the last flight of that day so the entire airport was empty. Today Ziyaad introduced me to his uncle and a few of his cousins. They’re all really friendly and very talkative.

Over the next few days I will keep writing my blog however I will also make videos whose URLs I’ll be posting. Looking forward to the exchange, I know that I'm going to love it already.