After being picked up from the airport, it was time to go and meet Amy in Simon's Town.My driver was a local middle-aged man who appeared somewhat distracted and disorganised, but he was nice enough and told me the occasional interesting fact about what I could see from the window of the mini-van.
After 45 minutes of travel, we eventually reached Simon's Town. A wonderfully pretty coastal town with a small harbour and a naval port harbouring a large American vessel. After locating the backpacker's hostel and Amy, I set about wandering around the place whilst we waited for Amy's friend Ed to come over and pick us up.
Eventually, Ed arrived. My first potential Africa-based friend; a foul-mouthed, yet friendly man from Stoke. Exhausted from my trip, I slept most of the way, occasionally waking up and chipping in with comments about films, which seemed the main topic of discussion between Ed and Amy.
Arriving in Kleinbaai, we decided to grab a take-away pizza, and visit the local boozer to meet some of Amy's friends, the people who I would be working with for the next couple of months. Unfortunately, I was drowsy, delirious and somewhat unready to meet my new companions, so I'm not sure I made the best first impression. However, they seemed a little tipsy so I'm hoping nobody noticed!
After a while, we headed back to Ed and his girlfriend Anna's house to eat the pizza, then I managed to finally get to bed!
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