An alien in unknown world

When I first arrived in the city, I was exhausted after a 16 hour flight, jet lagged and convinced that it was just another big concrete jungle. But within a few minutes here I was caught-up in its magic and totally charmed by its sights. Armed with my friend, I walked all around the place to discover the un-discovered! And I was soon caught-up in a magical web of different experiences that are unique and somethings that I would have never associated with the town.As soon as I got off from the plane , the massive heat hit me with surprise. The other town was quite cold with its flowering blooming spring but the weather was not generous to me. In the town I got a lot more attention from some people than I was expecting girls usually giggle a lot as they walk past me. I keep thinking I have a huge snot coming out of my nose but then I remember Oh yeah, I’m white that’s way more conspicuous…. Your beauty comes from nature, mostly, thanks to the regally dominating Table Mountain behind you and the wild, colourful coastline hugging you from all other angles. Not being an enormous city, it feels like there’s almost too much variety in your limited landscape, which of course is best seen. So no, there weren’t elephants and lions walking around your streets, but there were seals swimming very happily around the Waterfront’s waters, hauling their fat bulks onto a jetty where they could sunbathe, less than a hundred metres from where the gym in our apartment complex was. Watching them relax as I worked up a sweat was strangely effective.And then there were the African penguins at Boulders Beach. A baboon had crawled past our car, a ball of fluff like baby clinging to its underside. 
It’s flipping windy over there so we were told to bring warm layers in case the winds blew and boy, I was grateful I listened to them. On one evening, when we headed over for dinner ,over 60 km/h winds battered our car windows and stopped us in our tracks as we walked to the restaurant. The wind was also responsible for no fewer than three failed attempts to head up to the top of Table Mountain. Let’s be honest now. You are not an easy  or cheap destination to get to. You’re not a city that people “stop off” at on the way to somewhere else.