First days in Cape Town, South Africa!

Well it has been another long day over here, but very productive and fun!

Our group got a chance to go up Table Mountain and see the beautiful city of Cape Town from above. Man, what an amazing city and an incredible coast line. It was pretty cool seeing the swell lines running into all of the different points down the coast. It made a lot of sense why South Africa has some of the best surf in the world!

We also ran our first basketball camp today with Hoops4Hope. Wow, what an eye opening experience. The camp was outside of the city and as we started to leave the city we entered into the slums where thousands and thousands of small shacks sit side by side, seeming to barely stand up.

The gym was somewhat in the middle of the slums, but it was a great facility and the atmosphere was awesome. There were about 50 kids as young as 5 or 6 up to 12 and 13. There were also many Hoops4Hope coaches who had been through the program and now wanted to mentor and give back to the kids in the community facing the same challenges and struggles that they did. It was truly an inspiring experience, and I didn’t mention that all of these coaches who are teaching these kids and organizing a lot of the drills are only 17 and 18 years old!

I am definitely looking forward to tomorrow and getting to meet new kids and see a new atmosphere that Hoops4Hope have created to impact the lives of these kids in the community.

For now, here are some of the pictures from the tour today, I will try to take some pictures of the camp tomorrow amidst coaching and getting to know all of the kids there!

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Cal and Tonner hanging out overlooking the stadium…