I figured it has been a while since my last update and its time for a new post!
The last three weeks in this city have been just like the weather..very unsteady. Some days the sky is clear and and blue, it is sunny and warm out, but within only a couple of hours the temperature drops down, the clouds hang so close to the ground that you cant even see Table Mountain and its rainy and stormy. Unpredictable just like everything in this country.
I have experienced a lot of beautiful moments and met many cool people here. Last weekend we went to watch a soccer game at the Green Point Stadium. It was great, everybody was cheerful and friendly and we could even walk back home from the stadium (which is a 45 minutes to 1 hour walk) at 11:30 at night which is usually not a good idea. But the fan walks were open and everybody was out on the streets and thus it was not dangerous. It felt good to walk in the street at night feeling save and not sitting in the appartment, locked in behind bars and a security guard.
It is also just amazing to hang out at Camps Bay on a sunny day. The coast is stunningly beautiful and it is save and quiet to walk around. Hanging out there at the beach truly feels like you are in paradise and not like being in one of South Africas biggest cities.
On the other hand its sad and scary to see cars being broke into in the middle of the day for an umbrella lying on the backseat. Every morning on my way to work (not more than a 10 min walk) I find new car windows lying in broken pieces on the sidewalk.
There are homeless people living on the highway that goes right by our appartment and I can see them every day through my window. Sometimes they are not there, the police comes around occasionally and takes them somewhere else. But they usually return the same day. They beg you for money every time you pass by, once I gave them food but they did not want it, they want money so they can get drugs and alcohol. The police came and searched them the other day, they found a bunch of knives and all kind of selfmade weapons on them.
After 16 years of democracy there are still so many South Africans having to survive on less than a dollar a day, living on the street or in a township not having a job or perspective.
Hugs and greetings from the Cape to all of you!!
Gesa
