Last Friday after school I went for a hike with my two neighbors, Dan and Zack. Dan and Zack live 3 doors down from me with another home stay family in Diep River, the suburb I live in, so we commute back and forth to school together. We got out of class at 1 and had to be at the busses headed for Ocean View at 6, so there was no point in going all the way home and back. Instead we wandered into the forest right next to campus and started walking towards Table Mountain. It is incredible how close hiking trails are to UCT. It took us five minutes to get from class to the trail. We didn’t know where we were going, but we followed the trail to see where it would take us.
We first stumbled upon an abandoned zoo. This zoo was literally right off the road leading to university, but there wasn’t a soul in sight.
I’m not sure how long it had been abandoned for but the walls were covered in graffiti and artwork.
Graffiti here is a bit more poetic.
Natural dip in a massive rock.
We climbed past the zoo through a field.
We came across a water falll…
Me and Zack looking out over the entire city.
This is just a hike we happened upon. We had no idea where we were going, but we followed the trail and made sure we had enough time to get down before the buses left. It was incredibly beautiful, but we ran into only 3 or 4 other people along the way. It was crazy to see how few people take advantage of all the hiking that is so close to the comings and goings of the city. I plan on doing as many as possible before September so that my climb Kilimanjaro is a piece of cake.
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