Hike up Lions Head

So this week was fairly good. I made a lot of progress on my project at work, to me at least. Finally I know what I am looking for in these case files although it is quite depressing when I come across one where the child died. Thursday classes were good but once again we are getting even more work than before. That is quite annoying especially because we are here to see the country and instead, we are stuck inside writing essays. Boo.

Thursday night was a full moon. Tim told us about how he hiked up Lions Head. It is a mountain in the mountain range with Table mountain. From the top of this mountain you can see the sun setting and moon rising at the same time. Since it was a full moon we decided to go that night. It was gorgeous. The hike was awesome. There was a part where the trail split in two. One was most definitely longer and round about and the other went up a really high rock and you needed to use chains in order to get up the rock. I went up that way and it was pretty fun. Once we got to the top, the view was amazing. The pictures will be posted shortly. We could see all of Cape Town, the view was amazing especially with the clouds that were rolling over Table Mountain. The moon was gorgeous, especially when Cape Town was lit up. The camera does not do it justice what so ever and unfortunately, it was really hard to take pictures at night so they aren't all that great. Anyways, it was amazing. The only problem was hiking down in the dark. We were stupid and did not bring flashlights; we were not exactly prepared for the hike since it was a spur of the moment decision. Fortunately, the moon was bright enough for us to see, and the lights of Cape Town also helped. I did trip several times and it was not reassuring that there was nothing separating me from the path and the cliff. but I survived!

We were supposed to go kayaking today but it was too windy. Instead, I went to the V&A Waterfront and went to the Two Oceans Aquarium. It isn't that great, compared to the Mystic and New England aquarium. But it was still fun.