Tuesday: Last Day in Capetown, South Africa

Woke up whenever I felt like it. Lol. Decided to have a breezy relaxing day when I realized that any of my plans of visiting Cape of Good Hope or whatnot hadn't been finalized with anyone. Plus Jack was sick and quarantined by the onship doctor. He was bummed out about not being able to leave his room at all or having visitors. But it was better that he got sick the last day then during the stay. So it was me, my ipod and the rest of my rands. Excellent way to shop people. Excellent way! It was one of the best “me” days I've had in a while. I saw what I wanted to see, did what I wanted to do, ate what I wanted to eat, but most of all, brought what I wanted to buy. I finally did some shopping other than food. Lol. I realized that I didn't have anything substantial from any country whenever there were events on ship where they told us to wear our international gear. All I could think back about how I spent my money was on food lmao. So yes, finally got some stuff. Got back to the ship in time for lunch with Candice before she left. Had a great conversation about South Africa and how the true locals felt about the non-South Africans who are pretty much in control of this area—very unfortunate since this is the money generator. But goes back to the point I made back in my earlier posts about that. Then said adios and went to Jack's room. He needed to turn in his passport, a postcard and had to email a few lines of his assignment. Did that willingly for the sick child (haha) and lounged around. Can't remember whether or not I took a nap...probably did. Anyhow, everyone got back on the ship shortly and the announcements for the evening began. Then there was dinner... guess what we had: TACO NIGHT! Whoop! We had our suspicions that it was put not coincidentally but deliberately tonight because they knew there would be a lot of depressed and unhappy people about leaving South Africa—especially since we wouldn't be making up for a lost day. It was a great effort and received well. Lol.