Towards the end of our drive. I was having problems uploading these pics so they are a little out of order. Looking at the back of Table mountain.  

OOOooooo waves!! That wave is about chest high. And the best part? NO ONE IS OUT BUT ONE GUY JUST OUT OF VIEW! 

I like this pic! Us in Kalk Bay 

Not a bad view hey? 

Driving around the cape. My cute lil' sister Rachael. 

On the beach of hout bay. If you look across the water and onto those cliffs you will see a road carved into the side of the mountain range. That is called Chapmans peak drive. In a couple photos you will see hout bay as viewed from that drive. Opposite this photo. 

Part of Hout Bay. Viewed from Chapmans Peak Drive. If you look on the cliff edge you can see the old fort and cannons. We hiked down to them to take a closer look. 

Rachael walking down to the old fort. That is the Sentinal in the background! A huge mountain of Hout Bay that shoots straight up out of the water. 

An old fort just off of Chapmans Peak Drive. 

Looking back at Hout Bay.. Were we started from. Then Chapmans Peak Drive took us around the bay as we slowly gained alttitude!! 

First view of the Sentinal as we slowly drove around Hout Bay on Chapmans Peak Drive. Dungeons Big wave break is outside the Sentinal. You can see it breaking.. it was small on this day though. 

A view from Chapman's peak drive. This is the Sentinal of Hout Bay. Chapmans Peak Drive extends around the bay, gradually climbing in altitude and once you get to the other side of the bay you are way up top of these huge cliffs! Dungeons (big wave break) is to the left of the Sentinal. You can see the reef and rocks that support the heavy wave! 

Looking up from Chapman's Peak Drive. This is just a small example of how huge and sheer these mountain ranges are! 

Weird tilt on this photo.. but I wanted to try and catch the size of these rocks and cliffs! That is a huge charter tour bus driving along the bends! This drive is called Chapman's Peak Drive and it was recently opened again. They had to do a lot of construction to clear away fallen rock and build retaining walls. The road is literally carved into the side of a mountain range right on the Atlantic! 

The train that takes you from town to the east coast of the penninsula. This little beach is called Dangers. Part of Kalk Bay. 

Just chillin' in Kalk Bay. Last stop of the day. 

Chances Taken

My hand still hurts!! Dang it! I 'over-did-it' today with my drumming. The drum itch was just too much! I must remain patient.. It has only been out of the cast for a week now. Patience Dave.


So.. The title of this post really has a lot of meaning to me. When I created this blog I was living in San Diego and was in a TOTALLY different place in my life. And now.... I've taken chances.. and here I am.. In Cape Town..

So much has happend and I have honestly changed so much. I would say mostly good things!! he he.

I want to write loads more but there are people on msn messenger trying to chat to me and I just posted pics. My attention span is growing weak. It is almost 1 am here and my hand still hurts. I wish it would just heal!!!!! When I hit the shift button and enter it totally hurts.. so.... please be patient and soon I will have posted more than pictures! I promise!

Love all of you

Last weekend Lorien and I drove 2 hours east to Hermanus. Her brother and the guys had a show there and we are their biggest supporters. It was fun hanging with the guys that nite. The next day Lorien and I hung around for the whale festival that was happening all week. If you look you'll see that Hermanus is a huge bay.. And the southern wright whale comes here to mate. I saw about 10 whales in the water all at one glance.. no joke! There are markets with tents set up everywhere and everything from music to food to african clothing and carvings. A travelers dream!

Lorien and I at her church Dinner and Dance. It was a really nice formal college age thing. Was fun to get dressed up and have good ol' clean fun. After that we went to Lukes gig (her brother) 

Under the Table and Dreaming!! Dont you want to move here? Table mountain. If you look closely you can see the cable car building at the top right of the mountain. You have no idea how huge Table Mountain actually is until you see it in person! 

Look at the sunset Lorien and I caught after dinner and coffee in Camps!! 

Ok.. so if u read a couple posts down you'll see my update from NYC. I said I'd post pics from that trip and I've almost been in South Africa a month and I still haven't. We'll here are the NYC pics I promised. This is Me and Karina. I miss that girl. 

Here's me holding down our spot for the movie nite in bryant park Manhattan. 

My girls... :( missu!!! 

karina, jess and jenny waiting for the subway on our last nite out together. What a lucky guy I was hey? 

Looking downtown from the top of the Empire State Building