One of the most defining features of Capetown is Table Mountain. You can see it from pretty much anywhere you are in town and it’s a huge mountain that looks like…well.. a table, obviously. It looks like it someone was building a giant mountain and got distracted part way through and never built the peak.
Our goal was to hike/climb this thing. In the blog post that we read, the people wrote that the hike was incredibly exhausting despite them being marathon runners. Wondering if this was an exaggeration, we asked the person working our hotel desk if she’s ever done the hike. “Oh definitely not. Never. I recommend just taking the cable car”. Hmmm.
Undeterred, we got an Uber to the base of the mountain. When we told our driver, he started laughing hysterically while shaking his head. Finally, when he had a chance to gasp for air, he said “These guys are climbing… *THAT THING*?!?”, And then proceeded to continue laughing. Finally he said that maybe if we are experienced hikers, we might be ok. Well, we haven’t hiked in *checks memory banks* like a half a year or so.. soooo.. we should be in good shape? When dropping us off, he gave us an orange and wished us good luck.
The hike ended up being amazing. Absolutely stunning views up the mountain and down to the coast. It was definitely tiring.. all steps (and not really steps but big 1.5 to 2 foot rocks that you had to hoist up on) and no flat parts at all. We were definitely sweating bullets. But wow, so worth it. Fantastic hike!
Afterwards, we had a great lunch at Hemelhuijs. The two soups we had here were incredibly good.
It was like 6pm and jetlag was hitting super hard. Just wanted to crash, but forced ourselves to go out to dinner. We ate at an African restaurant where we chomped on worms, ate crocodile, had two types of goat, and several other unique dishes. Weren’t super into the food, but glad we tried it.
