First off, Cape Town was featured in a New York Times travel article! The most amazing part for me was reading it and realizing that I have done almost everything on the list. From ostrich burgers to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden I have made a dent on the list of things to do in Cape Town, but among other things I still need to visit Boulders Beach to swim with the penguins!
Also in exciting news for Cape Town, Table Mountain has just been named one of the New7Wonders of nature along with the Amazon, Halong Bay, Igazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, and Puerto Princesa Underground River. Everyone here was really excited about voting for Table Mountain (one of the oldest mountains on the planet) and now that it won a spot in the top seven they are predicting a possible 20% increase in tourism! Along with being named the 2014 world design Capital last week, Cape Town is obviously a special place to be.
And if that didn't convince you that Cape Town is the coolest kid in school right now, it is also the setting for a big movie coming out in February. The movie is called Safe House starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. It was weird watching the preview and recognizing every scene shot outdoors (the first shot is of Lion's Head, which I've hiked twice now).
Way to go Cape Town. High five.
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