Instead of coaching, scheduled was a trip on the City Sightseeing Red Tour Bus, which Martin and I had put on our list of things to do while we were out here, so it was nice to do that with the rest of the Communicare Social Housing staff. They managed to hire out a whole bus too so it was all of us together on one bus, without any extra tourists which was quite nice.
As we were being driven around Cape Town, we had this tour guide called William, or Willy as he told us to call him, who was telling us loads of interesting facts about the things we were passing and about Cape Town in general which was pretty cool. He was also pretty funny, and got most of the top deck chanting and singing 5 minutes into the trip.
Our first stop was at a place called 'Fish on the Rocks'. This was basically I little fish and chip shop set right next to Hout Bay Beach, which overlooked all the mountains surrounding Cape Town, as well as a huge stretch of ocean, that seemed to never end. The views were amazing. As we were taking photos a seal popped up near us and started swimming about and sitting on the rocks right in front of us, so obviously that was the main attraction for the time we were there. The seal seemed to have a pretty deep cut on its belly though, which looked really painful. Joe says it was probably caused by the huge amount of large, sharp rocks surrounding the shore where we were.
After buying myself some chips, because I was starving, we were told that food was being provided by this fish and chip shop. Sure enough, 5 minutes after i finished my chips, they brought out 3 massive trays full of fish and chips. Luckily for me I have a decent appetite, so I managed to eat a plateful of fish and chips, aswell as the chips I had beforehand! Was decent food, too!
After hopping on the bus, we travelled on further. This time, ending up at Camps Bay Beach. Where we spent about 20 minutes taking photos of the group and the views, while chatting and getting to know the people that were on the trip with us. Soon enough, we were back on the bus.
After that, at around 1ish, the trip was over. As we all clambered off the bus, Danielle, the one who organised the whole trip, guided us to our next place on the outing. Green Point Park. Green Point Park was a big, amazing park situated on the west coast of Cape Town. It was so amazing and peaceful it was so nice to be there. We all sat down on some benches next to a big green, and decided we fancied a kick about before lunch came, so Martin ran and got the ball from our car, and off we went. We had a little 4v4 match before being called over to have our lunch. Pizza! Happy days. There was loads of it, too. On a bench of about 7 of us we had 6 large pizzas, aswell as 3 portions of chicken wings to eat through. I was still full from the fish and chips earlier so I didn't eat much.
As soon as we were done we were back to having a kickabout. Even the ladies got involved! Although when they did it turned more into Aussie Rules, where people we kicking, throwing, rolling, doing all sorts with the ball, it was quality to watch. I mentioned to Lourens that all they needed for a team building day was a ball and 4 cones. Everyone was having loads of fun it was quality to watch.
Before too long everyone started leaving, and Martin and I took Danielle to the Communicare Support Office so she could finish up with work, then headed home. I'm not sure about Martin but I'm exhausted, and will make every use of the little lie in we have tomorrow, before our rooms are cleaned, then heading to Waterfront for our final session with Waterfront 5's.
Harry
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