Table Mountain hike

In the morning we got a short briefing about our upcoming Volunteer project and about what better to skip or avoid doing our stay in Cape Town. In my case, it’ll be a typical African kindergarten in one of Cape Town’s townships for the next two weeks. After that, I’m going to attend a primary school. But, more on that tomorrow.

The most exciting and probably also the most strenuos event was about to begin: Hiking the “Plattleklip George“ hike up to the top of the Table mountain. This hiking trail is only 2,5 km long but gains fuc***g 680 meters in evelation and is so rocky that I literally had to climb at some points with my short legs. It took us (-> Sete and Gabi, a French girl, and me) about 2,5 hours to walk up there and was exhausting. But, I’ve made it! :D Strike! On top of the mountain, some other volunteers were waiting for us and we enjoyed a cold drink and some sweets together. To return, we used the cable car, which moved 360 degrees while taking us down - nothing for the squeamish! I could even see the sunset from above – simply ‚wow‘. As the mountain itself rises about 1000m around the city, you can’t even put the view in simple words. It’s stunning, amazing, breath-taking and I’ve never seen such a flora and fauna before. See for yourselves by looking at the pictures. ;)