How to Give Up On Not Being A Tourist

1. Take pictures of the super tasty food before you scarf.

First legal beer! And an amazing goat cheese sandwich in the London airport.

2. Take pictures of boats.

Calk Bay!

3. Ask people to take pictures of you by yourself.

Chillin with the Twelve Apostles

4. Take a ton of landscape pictures, especially of beaches.

All the beaches are blurring together and I can't remember their names, but this one was a gem.

5. Invade a native animals habitat

Such a little cutie at Boulder Beach! Unfortunately, our group was so big that it crowded the whole beach and I didn't get to get any face time with any of these little guys so we're definitely going back.

6. Do really stupid poses.

Me and my buddy Chip cheesin on Boulder Beach.

7. Take more landscape pictures.

Super fresh view from the top of Cape Point.

8. Give a thumbs up.

The biggest goof in the world (Louie) on top of the world.

9. Get a picture with something for someone at home.

Cape Point light house. Thinkin of you daddio.

I have a feeling that having my mind blown is going to be a regular occurrence. Yesterday we took 9 chartered busses (yes, we mob Africa deep) all around the southern coast of Cape Town. This included a bunch of beautiful bays, Simon’s Town (home of Boulder Beach where there’s a colony of penguins!), Cape of Good Hope (the southern most tip of the African continent. At one point, my buddy Andrew pointed out that if you took a boat out and headed South, the next land mass you would hit would be Antarctica. THAT’S NUTS!) and a lot of awe-inspiring mountains, grasslands and beaches that I just stared at in disbelief. We stopped for lunch in the township of Ocean View and a bunch of the local kids put a show on for us. There was a kid who belted out the most gnarly a cappella hymnal and a few insane dance crews, including a Michael Jackson tribute. Probably the sickest ever. I think what gets me the most is the hospitality we were shown. No matter how much or how little they have, they are stoked on living and giving and creating music which is so inspiring. Makes me wonder why so many people, including myself, can’t have that simple outlook. Anyway, we basically just spent the day enjoying the gifts that Mother Nature gave this country and let me tell you.. Homegirl hooked it up.

Live beautifully,
KG