Second part of holiday!

More overview of our holiday adventures:

We traveled to gansbaai next to go shark cage diving. This city is known for great white shark sightings. We ate lunch and loaded onto a boat ned nemo. They launched the boat into the water and we were out in the Atlantic ocean. There were some huge waves, bigger than I have ever seen. I was so sea sick that I was unable to dive but I did see the sharks up close and personal. Five great whites were circling our boat and liked to jump out of the water. After we headed for Cape Agulhas backpackers. It was the nicest place yet! There was a pool and bar/hangout area in the middle of our rooms. They provided authentic African food for breakfast and dinner. Our second day there we went to the most southern tip of Africa which is also where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. We took some cool pictures and climbed to the top of a lighthouse there. Inside the lighthouse are pictures of other famous lighthouses and Grand Haven made the cut :) In the afternoon nine of us went to three wineries for wine tasting. It was so much fun and I ended up buying two bottles. The backpackers place was two blocks from the beach so Laura and I walked there around sunset. There was jellyfish everywhere.

We tried to feed the string rays today but the water was too cloudy for the rays to come near the beach Now we are on our way to Montegu which is our last part of holiday. On our way we stopped at the hot springs. It was such a hot day (100 degrees in the sun) that the pools were perfect. After the hot springs we went to our sleeping location. We stayed at the De Bos farm which was awesome! The guest barn was rented out for us. The barn had stalls which two or three people slept in. Andrea was my stallmate and we had a fantastic time. The best part was that all of us were in the same place. The stalls were separated by half walls. This was the perfect ending to our holiday trip. Outside of the barn were horses, goats, dogs, and peacocks.

Saturday was when we rode a tractor to the top of a mountain. At the top there was a cottage with refreshments. While we were on top it started down pouring. By the time we rode the tractor down to the lunch spot we were all soaked. The lunch was made up of poikes which are traditional meals made over a fire in a large black pot. It was quite an experience. Afterwards we went to two more wineries for tastings. At night we hung out and played games. Pierre made us braai and we all ate at the longest picnic table ever.

Today we wine tasted at a huge winery and took a tour. It is so cool being in the middle of wine country and tasting pinotage wine because it is special to South Africa. We headed back to our host families for the night. My family is out of town though so we are on our own. Tomorrow is our last day with pierre and antoinette :( and we are going to cape point where the penguins live.