Diary entry for March 11th, 2009
March 11th, 2009
Day three in Cape Town, already had a few problems here. Among others the lack of decent internet, but that seems to be solved now :)
When I arrived here I had a small problem at the Customs office, I couldn’t show them a return ticket. I suppose in any other country that wouldn’t be a big problem, but South Africa’s policy for foreigners is pretty strict. Took me 45minutes to get through, and convice them that I wasn’t going to stay longer than three months… To make things worse, they managed to lose my luggage during the flight.
So I stood in Cape Town with nothing but my laptop and the clothes I was wearing. I didn’t really care, knowing everything would be ok one way or the other I just went to see robben island and Waterfront with a few of my roommates. Already made some friends here :D
Yesterday I got a call from the Airport personnel, saying they found my luggage and will bring it to me asap. It got delivered to my lodge an hour later, and nothing was missing. *joy*
So, today ( =day three ) I moved out of the lodge because it was too far away from work. The only way to get here would be an hour on the ( safe/not-so-safe? ) train and taking a cab to get to the company premises. Will miss the friends I have there, but I’ll make new ones here. I’m now staying in a ( really nice ) villa, together with two other company employees. I won’t go out as much as I would when I stayed at the lodge, but I’ll see the real South African life and thats why I came here.
Cape Town itself seems very nice, people are friendly and helpfull. There’s a lot of poverty here, and people are doing everything to earn money. There are people that watch your car if you park somewhere, people selling magazines and newspapers at the street corner, people selling hats at the crossroads and so on. I suppose thats the African life :)
Cabs are really cheap here, we’ve paid 18 rand each to get from the Lodge to Waterfront. Its approximately a 15minute drive, for 1,5 euros ( just so you understand ). I’m using the minivan cabs, they pick up several people and drop them off where ever they need to be. Its the cheapest kind of taxi here, and not dangerous. The driver will try to rip you off tho, so beware ;-)
I went to the mall to, they have some really good clothing shops. Instead of going to Ghent or Antwerp to shop, you guys should come here ;-)
It’s a lot cheaper too, so if you buy enough stuff you’ll get your flight ticket price back.
Cheers !
There are 4 replies to this item:
March 11th, 2009
Nick says:
Aight my brotha !
K’amuseer me hier goed, twas de moeite om af te komen ;-)
hm, raar :s
Kga haar eens mailen, voor de zekerheid. Dacht dat ze gemailed had dat alles oké was maar niet zeker als dat voor of na maandag was :D
u teijk kaar too !
cya ;-)
March 11th, 2009
Ronny says:
Aight, my white nigga!
Tof om te lezen hoe daj’t ginder stelt :)
(kheb je papieren maandag afgegeven, maar die madam in kwestie was in China… Mss best ook eens contact opnemen of da allemaal in orde is gekomen, en laat me dan wa weten ;))
Take care,
Ronny
March 11th, 2009
Nick says:
Yoo :D
nee, maar kgebruik hier een ander nummer. Heb een Zuid-Afrikaans nummer bij Vodacom, t’is +27825473319.
T’internet hier suckt overal, maar hier op’t werk is het nog best van al. Zal eens kijken als ik er iets aan kan doen ;-)
Succes met je rijbewijs :D Heb al gedacht om het hier te halen maar hoe ze hier rijden is… anders xD Je kan het wel gewoon kopen hier :p
Als je me wil komen halen moej nog altijd een auto hebben ook hé :p ;-)
bbye,
moi
March 11th, 2009
Kevin says:
Yo, dust, kvroeg me al af wrm da je ni online kwam :d
Heb je mijn sms gekregen? (vanmorgen verzonden)
Hoe is’t op da bedrijf? of ben je der nog ni geweest?
Ik zit ondertss nog altijd bij tif, volgende week men rijbewijs (theorie halen), dus als’t allemaal meezit, kank je komen halen op zaventem als je terugkomt ;)
Greetz,
Your cousin ;)