I stayed in Cape Town for two and half months in 2004. The first two weeks I stayed with a host family which School of English in Cape Town provided. To be honest, this host family really sucked. The woman barely knew how to cook and I felt sometimes really lonely there. After these two horrible weeks I met a really nice German boy, name Benjamin. He told me to come over to Helene´s house and stay there because there was a spare room for me which actually happened to be a small apartment in her garden with a private shower, TV and a kitchen.

The first day I moved into Helene´s house she took us out that night and showed us the nightlife. After that the party was started and I went out almost every night.

I worked as a volunteer for only two weeks but after that I bought myself a surfboard. Surfing took so much time so I didn´t have time for this volunteer work.

There are so many things you can do in Cape Town. I went to a safari trip for three weeks, bunji jumping, Skydiving and surfed almost everyday in all these beaches around Cape Town.

Feel free to contact me for any questions.

Gunnar Gunnarsson,

Reykjavík,

Iceland.

gunnigunn1@hotmail.com 

ps. Almost forgot. Helene is a fantastic cook. You won´t be disappointed.