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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

 cape town lovin'
    [alt title: howzit brew?]

this post has been a long time coming
here goes a photo dump from norman's week-long, action-packed visit
(if there were a contest for best vacation ever, gold medal winner.. hands down)

...try to keep up :]



11march2007

1 train to city centre // 2 v&a waterfront clock tower // 3-6 boat ride to robben island // 7-8 robben island // 9 quarry where prisoners (including mandela) worked // 10 SA flag // 11 pile of rocks started by mandela // 12 view from robben island

ZA001_robben island

1 kirstenbosch botanical garden // 2 me & hoho // 3 columbia in south africa // 4-5 cape town philharmonic orchestra // 6 me & hoho // 7 cape town sky // 8 inter-racial couple // 9 us again // 10 sunset // 11 our picnic spread // 12 sunset cloudyness
ZA002_kirstenbosch

12march2007

1 amazing views driving through the mountains // 2 on the safari vehicle! // 3 driving through the game reserve // 4 the whole group // 5 white rhino // 6 stuart navigating (notice how our horizon line isn't quite straight.. it was a bumpy ride!) // 7 ostrich // 8 zebra (zeh-bra) // 9 elephants // 10 lions // 11 stuart standing on a termite hill (i ate a termite!) // 12 nelson the giraffe
ZA003_safari

13march2007

1 welcome to stellenbosch // 2-3 fruits at the vineyards // 4 goats do roam wine estate // 5-10 dieu donne wine estate (the most amazing view) // 11 wine spread // 12 happy happy

ZA004_stellenbosch

14march2007

1-2 twelve apostles from camps bay // 3-4, 6 us // 5, 7-8 lion's head // 9 jumping! // 10-11 smoothies (and peri-peri wedges) at nando's
ZA005_camps bay

1 beginning the hike up lion's head // 2 going to the top! // 3 sweaty but happy // 4-8 view from lion's head (the best 360 view of cape town) // 9 the top! // 10 us again // 11 sunset on lion's head // 12 beaaauty
ZA006_lions head

15march2007

1-2 table mountain cable car // 3-4 hanging out at the top of the woooorld // 5-8 jump for joy // 9 all smiles // 10-12 the incredible view
ZA007_table mountain

1 sunset at camps bay // 2-4, 7 me & hoho // 5-6, 8 jump jump // 9 shadows // 10-11 dinner at blues restaurant // 12 sunset view
ZA008_camps bay dinner

16march2007

[not pictured: stephanie shieh attending her tutorials.. A for effort! i'm a good student, i promise..]
1 hike from campus to rhodes memorial // 2-8 cecil rhodes memorial // 9 kids in mannenberg // 10 norman played djembe with the students // 11 view of/from mannenberg township // 12 doing visual arts with the kids - they were both drawing portraits of me

ZA009_rhodes shawco

1-2 getting ready for a good game dinner // 3-5 hussar grill // 6-7 our dinner of zebra and wildebees! (with chips, rice, baby potatoes, creamed spinach and butternut squash) sooo good // 8-9 long street // 10 ashley, me, noah // 11 kate on spring break from cameroon! // 12 can't end a night at long street without a falafel (and broustwoers!)
ZA010_hussar longst


a little less than three months left here (time flies)
then...
off to kenya for the summer?

will keep you all posted

cheers!

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looks like amazing fun =)
Posted 3/21/2007 9:17 PM by uuuyyy - reply

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Hi Steph!! Looks like you're having an awesome time! We miss you :)
Posted 3/21/2007 10:03 PM by jylrabbit2009 - reply

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fun! yay!
Posted 3/21/2007 10:21 PM by inkspoof Xanga Premium Member - reply

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wow...looks like a ton of funnnnnn...can i get a sample itinerary of how you guys got from place to place and how long it took? so i can do it myself? =P
Posted 3/21/2007 10:33 PM by joryrl - reply

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haha oh man! btw, do you have class there?? i assume you do since it's "studying" abroad. man steph visiting your site is like an adventure in itself!
Posted 3/21/2007 11:44 PM by DumbAngelz - reply

Visit cheapet221's Xanga Site!
siiiigh. beeeeaauuutiful!!! NELSON the giraffe!!!! ZEHbra!!! funnnnnnnnn. don't stay in kenya too long! come home please!!
Posted 3/22/2007 12:12 AM by cheapet221 - reply

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wowww, prettttttty :)
Posted 3/22/2007 12:14 AM by suzieqliu - reply

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crazy pics! hope you're doing well over there =p
Posted 3/22/2007 12:28 AM by albysleeping - reply

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yo! that concert stage thing (3.11) looks like norman's hat!!
Posted 3/22/2007 9:44 AM by ericlikeseatin - reply

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u r tan norman is not

u inspire me to do better xanga posts
Posted 3/22/2007 9:59 AM by J_Unit_2009 - reply

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your pictures are SO BEAU-TI-FUL!!!!! you look like you're having so much fun! miss you!
Posted 3/22/2007 10:01 AM by steenybean - reply

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yay, looks like you're really living it up! how many crazyjumping-gorgeoussunset-inyourface beast portraits are to come?
show me your sketches when you get back! i'm sure they'll tell amazing stories like your pics :]
love,
your vicarious abroad buddy
Posted 3/22/2007 10:37 PM by emuesque - reply

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roooooooomie. pictures are amazing as usual and i love your dresses!!! :) love you!!!!!
Posted 3/25/2007 10:09 PM by lil_evie - reply

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black sister!!!! :D
miss uuuuuuuu <3333
Posted 3/30/2007 12:22 PM by jessishott1 - reply

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i know--i can't believe i'm missing t-dinner...

SO SAD.

i'll be back in december... before december 15th for sure.
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norman didn't do a jumping picture in only his swimming trunks???
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