Past Two Nights in the Great City of Cape Town

The past couple of days my mom and I have been in Cape Town. Last night we got into our hotel at around 3pm, walked around the city for a couple hours, and just ordered some pizza and relaxed in our room. We had an early 5 o’clock wake up call this morning, because we got picked up by a van to go cage diving with the great white shark. We were out on the water until 1pm, and it was the most amazing experience ever! We saw a couple of great whites breach from the water, completely elevating out of the water. The used a seal replica, and slowly towed it behind our boat, triggering the Great White's killer instinct to lunge out of the water. I've seen videos of this before, but seeing it live was ridiculous. While I was in the cage, a big great white breached out of the water to take the bait that they lure them in with. Another shark went for the bait, and ran smack into the cage, so I got a real close up look at it, which was unbelievable! The biggest shark of the day, which was about 17 feet long, swam by my mom and I (who was also in the cage with me) at least 10 times. It was an experience I will always remember. Tomorrow we head to the airport at 5, and head to Tanzania to prep for our hike up Kilimanjaro, which begins Thursday! I can’t wait! If it all works as planned, I’ll be on top of the summit on my birthday, which also happens to be a full moon. Hope it’s not cloudy! Happy birthday to my mother, who turns a year younger tomorrow.