South Africa – Cape Town 南非开普敦 11/2018 Stop 27 站

22-23/12/2018. From Keetmanshoop, I went on another marathon bus ride, this time a trip that took more than 15 hours, continuing south to cross the border from Namibia into South Africa, the eighth and last country on this trip.

Everyone whom I bumped into on this trip was coming to Cape town for the New Year’s celebration. Fittingly so, there was much to enjoy here—the beaches, the mountains that stared down at the beaches, the modern city and its European feel, its racial mix. The disguise in the blessings were the pickpockets and con artists who kept me on my toes, and the still, cold sea water, unfortunately. It reminded me of Rio. Though Rio is perhaps more flamboyant, the people more integrated between the races, the rocks overlooking the beaches more bizarre, the water warmer.

It has been a whirlwind adventure the past month and a half overland through Kenya, then Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and now South Africa. I was looking forward to shifting to a lower gear and taking it much easier here.

22-23/12/2018 从基普曼斯胡普（Keetmanshoop）我又搭上午夜大巴直透南非开普敦，又是一个马拉松长途大巴，超过十五小时跋涉，从纳米比亚过境到南非。此行起跑肯尼亚，后到坦桑尼亚，赞比亚，津巴布韦，博茨瓦纳，纳米比亚，现在南非，第八国， 也是最后一国了。

路上碰到的年轻背包客，无论在非洲哪角落，都计划到此庆祝新年。当然咯，这里有海滩，傲视这城市的雄伟山峰，浓厚欧洲文化，多元名族。但这城市治安欠佳，扒手和老千猖獗。开普敦使我回忆里约。但里约山岩更诡异，人们性格更洒脱，各民族更融合，海水更暖和。

经过一个半月，七国的冒险和刺激，我打算在此放慢节奏，享鸟语花香。