Februar 2017
Jeg har været i Cape Town før. Jeg tog dertil i 2017 for at afkræfte og bekræfte myter om dette verdensklasse surfski miljø.
Min rejse indebar en måned i Cape Town og stranden Fish Hook, hvor livredningsklubber og surfskiklubberne holder til. Det er her man ror downwind. Efter en måned i Cape Town gik min rejse videre med 2,5 uge, hvor jeg back packede rundt langs kysten.
Jeg tog mange ting med mig, da jeg forlod Syd Afrika sidst. Nye venner, bedre surf egenskaber, viden om verdensklasse kultur, Millers Run, Miller Taxi, Table mountain, kultur mm.
Men jeg kom også tilbage med en skræk for landet, Syd Afrika. Det var en 7 ugers lang skræmmekampagne. I Syd Afrika har alle huse alarmsystemer, store porte eller tremmer for, som var det et fængsel. Der er en lang række ting du ikke må som f.eks. at gå udenfor når det er mørkt. Gå alene på strande og i gader.
Listen er lang og det tog mig nogle uger hjemme i Danmark før jeg følte at jeg var tryg igen, trygheden i at kunne cykle hjem fra København kl. 22:00 i mørket i vished om at ingen ville slå mig ihjel eller true mig med knive for at få min cykel. Jeg lovede mig selv at jeg ikke ville tilbage til det sted der skabte så meget frygt i mig. Der gjorde jeg konstant gik i lænker, som begrænsede min frihed til at gå og være de steder jeg havde lyst til.
Udover frygt så plantede mine 7 uger i Syd Afrika også en drøm.
En drøm om at komme tilbage en dag og ro Cape Point Challenge.
Og det er ved denne drøm at denne julekalender starter.
Men for 2 dage siden kom jeg hjem fra Hawaii, så var jeg til barnedåb, jetlag piner mig… Så lad os se om jeg overhovedet kommer af sted – i morgen
ENGLISH
February 2017
I've been to Cape Town before. I went there in 2017 to disprove and confirm myths about this world-class surf ski environment. My trip included a month in Cape Town and the Fish Hook beach where lifeguard clubs and surf ski clubs are located. This is where you paddle downwind. After a month in Cape Town, my trip continued with 2.5 weeks, backpacking around the coast. I brought many things with me when I left South Africa last time. New friends, better surfing skills, knowledge of world-class culture, Millers Run, Miller Taxi, Table mountain, culture etc. But I also came back with a fear for the country, South Africa. It was a 7 week long scare campaign. In South Africa, all houses have alarm systems, large gates or bars, as if it were a prison. There are a lot of things you must not do such as to go outside when it's dark. Walk alone on the beaches and in the streets. The list is long and it took me a few weeks at home in Denmark before I felt that I was safe again, the safety of being able to bike home from Copenhagen at. 22:00 in the dark knowing that no one would kill me or threaten me with knives to get my bike. I promised myself that I would not return to the place that caused so much fear in me. Where I constantly walked in chains that restricted my freedom to walk and be the places I wanted to.
In addition to fear, my 7 weeks in South Africa also planted a dream. A dream to come back one day and do the Cape Point Challenge. And it is with this dream that this Christmas calendar starts.
But just 2 days ago I came home from Hawaii, I was to my nephew babtism, jet lag is killing me ... So let's see if I ever get my fligh - tomorrow