The Adventures of a German and Dutchman...where will they end up?: December 2009

So i ended the last update when we had just got to Cape Town. Martin, who hosted us in Cape Town, was amazing. He put us up in his B&B for a week. He let us use his car for multiple days. He gave us different things to see, most of which wouldn't have been seen if it weren't for his guidance. What a beautiful city. We went in the cage to see great whites. That was truly something spectacular. The sharks were aggressive and we had 10 of them swimming around us. We then hiked Table Mountain which provided 360 degree views of the city and ocean. We went to Cape Point, which is the furthest southwest point on the continent. The winds there were intense. We swam at the beautiful beaches. Nick and I did a wine tasting and tour with Mike and Kelly. We were also there for a massive party where they divided the World Cup teams into pools. There were 100,000 people all lined up along this street. Pretty cool. After that we departed from Mike and Kelly, who we hung out with everyday for 5 days. Nick and I took a bus to Kynsna, where we rented a car, took our time driving along the beautiful Garden Route and onto to Durban where my parents had a friend.

In Durban we were treated like Kings. Joy, my parents friend, rented us a car and put us up in a B&B. We were not expecting this, but it was awesome to see a woman give and give to us.

On monday we went to the Indian Consulate to get our visas to India. We were leaving in 3 days and this was the only time we could have done it in South Africa. Of course, visas usually take 5 working days, so we could only pray that ours would be a miracle of God. On wednesday we had to leave for Johannesburg to catch our flight the next morning, so we knew we had to get our visa at the end of the day on wednesday, but there was a problem. It was a national holiday and as you know, government agencies will take any chance to get a holiday, but for some reason, it was open that day and we got our visas. Definite workings of the Lord. Praise Him.

We then got a cheap, one hour flight from Durban to Joburg to save some time, slept in the airport and got up to our flight the next morning. We are now in Mumbai India waiting for Justin to arrive in a few hours.

So far India is very populated, dirty, and poverty stricken. Its very sad to see the people here. Most of them sleep on the sidewalks. Its crazy, but more to come on India.

I am going to try to provide some pictures now.