Around the World: Day 11 - 18

Day 11 - 18

I’ve left Africa and I’m now in the U.K. Before leaving Pretoria I was able to get my passport back with my visa for Bangladesh and so everything worked out. Once I got my passport, I was able to go and check out Cape Town. 

There was only one issue that I had…and that was, it was so cold!!! Winter was starting and so that meant lots of wind and rain, even hail at times. I was wearing so many layers to stay warm and still froze. Houses aren’t built to withstand the cold so they are drafty and don’t have any heating source. 

Even if it was cold I still made it out to see the sights. I took the cableway up Table Mountain and a bus out to the wine vineyards where I did some wine tasting. While I was doing the wine tour and tasting, I met a couple guys from the U.K. who were on a business trip and so I joined up with them for the afternoon. 

Cape Town

Table Mountain

Looking down from the top of Table Mountain...it was so cold up there!

This was taken on the Tree Canopy Walkway in the Botanical Gardens of Cape Town

A vineyard in the Constantia Valley

Wine Cellar

One of the many area of the beautiful coastline in Cape Town 

I did go to the Aquarium and they had penguins...what can I say? 

The coolest part for me happened on Monday. I made it the Heart Museum where the first heart transplant happened. The old trauma rooms and OR's have been turned into the museum. The tour started in the trauma room. It was in that room that brain death was used for cause of death for the very first time.  The OR rooms now have silicone statues replicating history that night. 

Now, I’m in Liverpool and hanging out at a cafe and drinking coffee. It reminds me of the many hours I spent in various cafes at home working on homework. It’s amazing to just sit and enjoy the experience. I’m going to have to remind myself that there are other things to do…or I could end up here more frequently than I should.