sorry for the lack of writing, i'm useless i know! i keep coming on the internet and only going on skype and for some reason i'm unable to talk and write at the same time - a poor excuse i know. here goes for a brief update of life in cape town over the past 2 weeks... The previous week i was still doing the same thing at the high school, although we decided to focus on the kids who needed the most help and do mainly one-to-one basics with them. Its scary how so...

Sorry for not writing for a while, i'll try and give you a brief update! Once again i've been at the high school so getting to know a few of the kids now - both the good and bad ones. We had a day off on the thursday for ascension day so on the wednesday night we headed out to Mama Afrika (part 2 as sunday night didnt happen) and had a great night. I'd complained as when we arrived the previous sunday it was shut, so we had free drinks galore - put it this way b...

Had a good weekend, not even spoiled by the rain! Thursday night we went out for James last night - first up was our somewhat regular haunt the Dubliner. Theres always live music playing (they have a special liking of buble so if i'm lucky i hear 1 or 2 of his songs!) and its popular with locals and tourists so the atmosphere is amaing. Stayed there for quite a while as they were playing some classic songs - think Mustang Sally, Dont Stop Believing, Sweet Carolin...

Its been a very busy week again! Friday night we went to see a rugby match (Stormers vs. Crusaders in a super 14 match for those who are interested..) and then went out to a bar to celebrate a comprehensive victory for the Stormers. Didn't get in til 3am so needless to say saturday was a quiet day just spent in town around the craft market and then lazing in the sun in Company Gardens. Sunday was another boiling hot day so i went to the beach at Camps Bay - took ...

Had a very busy few days since i last wrote, absolutely knackered! Monday was quite a cloudy day so we postponed our table mountain trip and decided to have a day at the Waterfront, a relatively new complex with shops and restaurants etc. We had a good lunch at a jazz cafe (no jazz players alas) and then went to the 2 oceans aquarium and spent about an hour just staring at the penguins cos they're so cute! After that we had a look around the craft market and then...