Culture Shock in Cape Town
Posted on November 24, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
I purchased a ticket for South Africa, Cape Town. I was hoping that this city would help ease my broken heart. I boarded the airplane very early in the morning, around 5am and spent the next 25 hours in flight! I bought the least expensive ticket, which meant I had 2 stop overs before I would fly into South Africa.
Bye India! I miss you already! All my 1 billions people. All you lovely, lovely people all cramped together in a fascinating place, which even now after spending 3 months there, I’m no closer to figuring you out. Let chaos be chaos, I believe that’s the national motto – Let chaos be chaos. During my flight, I realize just how addicting India is, how quickly I fell into the rhythm of life there and really enjoying the different set of social rules, the smiles, the genuine smiles. What an amazing experience. I felt every smiled I received was like a vitamin for the soul. I didn’t register that part until I left. But, I realized it as soon as I left the country. The smiles disappear.
So, while in Cape Town, I partied it out. The culture shock hit me like a tsunami. Clean and tidy, even the pavements with the white lines! I managed to book a room at a Cape Town Hotel and then sat myself down at a chic coffee shop. The prices here are equally a culture shock, it’s much more expensive here. What I pay for a coffee here, I could book a room in India!
I miss India! But, I love Cape Town and am search of someone to put a balm on my heart. Since my fiancee broke up with me while we were in India together, I need a real good distraction. Cape Town has, so far, held up its end of the deal. I’m not doing the touristy thing, but acting like a local and so far, I’ve been invited to many homes for dinner and to many clubs. Both activities have managed to sooth the pain. Especially, all the hot guys here.
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