Biscuit Mill.

Bread Boat!

The Biscuit Mill

Location: Suburb of Woodstock, only 5 minutes outside of Cape Town.

The farmer's market portion is open Saturday mornings from 9am - 2pm. 

There are many treats to choose from including...

-Fresh Bread loaves

-Pastries, cookies, muffins, crepes, etc

-Made to order smoothies

-Assortments of sandwiches, pitas, wraps, and pizzas

-Flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables

-Several different dips, spreads, seasonings, etc

-Hand made crafts

Nyanga.

Vegetable Garden

Mural Addition

Friday Excursion: Ubuntu Community Peace Garden

The Garden is located in the Township of Nyanga, about 20 minutes outside of Cape Town. 

VAC has adopted the property to revitalize it for members of the Nyanga Township. The duties we took part in Friday were Weeding, Clearing new areas to plant, Mowing the lawn, and painting! 

The Garden and facilities provide jobs for the Township residents. The vibrant gardens full of vegetables, herds, and such provide income for the employees, as well as food for their families. 

Sustainability at work :)

Herb Garden

Rainwater Systern

Rhodes Memorial.

The hike to Rhodes Memorial is actually within walking distance from Obs.  Once the hiking area is reached, it only takes about 25 minutes to reach the top.  The memorial is a strong piece of Roman architecture that cannot be overlooked. The grand stairway entrance is lined with a horse statue as well as several Lion statues.  The numerous sculptures draw your eye to Ionic columns, that lead you into the memorial. There is a statue of Rhodes himself once you enter the monument.

As always the view from the Memorial is absolutely breath taking! 

Cape Point.

Furr Seals

View to Hout Bay

Chapman's Peak

This past weekend some friends of mine (also VAC Interns) and myself, decided to take a tour down to Cape Point. This is about 1.5 hours away from where we live in Cape Town.  We were greeted in Observatory by our tour guide at 8am!! We had a very busy day planned with many activities, such as…
-A scenic drive past Camps Bay beach along the Atlantic Ocean.
-A stop in Hout Bay to take a boat ride out to the Furr Seal Island. We got to view Cape Town’s most well known seals!!
-We drove through Chapman’s Peak and stopped to take pictures of the amazing views.
-At Simonstown we were greeted by dozens of African Penguins.
-We then made our way down to The Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve.
-Once we passed into the Reserve we were all given a bike, to travel along in an untouched natural environment.
-We stopped to have a gourmet lunch, and biked more afterwards.
-Once we arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, we hiked for about an hour to Cape Point. The views were spectacular!!!
-At Cape Point we hiked up to the Cape Point Lighthouse. This is considered the Southern Most tip of Africa and is where the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans meet.

There were a few surprises along the way such as, our wildlife sightings. We came across a family of Ostriches on the beach and then got to feed another set at a farm on our way home.  We also saw antelopes grazing off in the distance on one of our hikes.

What an amazing adventure and experience!!!!! 

Simonstown

We got to Bike

Hike to Cape Point

Cape Point Lighthouse

Company's Garden.

Company's Garden is a beautiful oasis located right in Cape Town's City Center. 

The garden is full of numerous walking paths covered by different types of vegetation. Ranging from Palm and Pine Trees to Bamboo. 

One area of the garden is home to a flourishing Rose garden, with dozens of different types and colors of roses!!

Aloe plants and trees cannot be missed throughout the garden because of their massive size. 

The wildlife within the garden contains squirrels, rats, pigeons, and other types of birds. 

The Rose Garden

Yes, The squirrels come right up to you!!

Aloe Plant

Muizenberg.

VAC Interns preparing to Surf

Friday Excursion #3: Surfing at Muizenberg Beach

All VAC interns were given a mini surf lesson from Oliver Hagan (VAC Director of Applications and Outreach)

We were able to rent surf boards for 2 hours for about R80 (R stands for Rand). This would be about $10 USD!

The weather was gorgeous. The sun was radiating over the mountians surrounding the beach. The water temperature was warm enough to surf without a wet suit, luckily. Many VAC interns braved the questionable water based on the black flag flying high. The black flag indicates to beach goers to "swim at your own risk" due to shark sightings. 

Mountians surrounding Muizenberg

Africa Sand Castle

Hillsong.

My new Church: Hillsong 

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Hillsong Church originated in Sydney, Australia. Now there are numerous churches in major cities across the world. Such as, London, Paris, Stokholm, etc.

On Vision Sunday it was announced that Hillsong will be starting a church in New York City, USA!!!

Hillsong United is the worship band from Australia. They have written numerous well known worship songs, sung in churches all over the world. 

Welcome to Hillsong!

Worship

Beauty.

Mzoli's.

VAC Interns

Mzoli's is a Meat restaurant located in Gugulethu. Gugulethu is one of the townships about 25 minutes outside of Cape Town. The townships are usually where you find true African culture.

At Mzoli's friends and families gather to eat massive amounts of meat, drink, listen to live DJ's, dance, and have a good time. 

Vegetarian side dishes were provided for VAC on this particular day. ( Thank God )

Mzoli's Kitchen

Gugulethu Children Dancing

Boomslang Caves.

View of Kalk Bay

VAC Friday Excursion #2: Boomslang Caves

 45 minute hike up with a view of Kalk Bay beach

 Climbing through the cave (Ceiling heights 3' - about 12')

 Exiting cave to find another amazing view.

 45 minute hike down, through the bush (many cuts received)

Entering Boomslang Cave

Veiw exiting the Cave