The Return of Lizzy/J-Bay

Last weekend was CRAZY packed with activities.  On Thursday Lizzy, last years Operations Intern came back into town.  She just was appointed the Programs Manager in Malawi and before moving there she made a stop in PE to see everyone.  She stayed at Warren's and we all went out Thursday to celebrate.  She was extremely nice and fun and I'll miss her being around, even if it was only for a couple days.  Friday we went out again and met up at Warren's before going out to a Halloween (not really) themed night at D&Es, that club we went to before that's just a hole in the wall that keeps dropping and going back.  I like this place, but can't stay there too long so we moved onto Castros to end the night.

Saturday morning Audrey and Danielle came in from Cape Town bright and early at 6:00 am for the weekend.  Jim picked them up, but I woke up soon afterwards because we were supposed to drop off some supplies at an intervention that we are running for a few Saturdays.  As soon as we got in the car however, Mendisto called and said that it was cancelled due to rain.  We were all awake though and went out to breakfast at the boardwalk.  When we finished we loaded up the car and drove to Jeffrey's Bay.  J-Bay is the hub of South African surfing.  It's this small town on the Indian Ocean that is just laid back and filled with surfers.  We stayed at Island Vibe hostel and just had a low-key day and night in the town.  Met a lot of people and had a good time.  I would like to go back there when the weather is really warm and bum around.  It's incredible the number of guys there who just have a little job and surf all day and hang out.  It's a weird lifestyle, but perfect for some people I suppose. 

We came back to PE on Sunday and invited the guys over for a braai to hang out and let the Cape Town girls to meet the people we always are talking about.  They were in full-swing entertainment mode and we eventually moved on to Barney's for a drink before going to this bar in the Harbor for a deck-party.  Supposedly the "deck party" is a thing that happened every week before, but the original place closed and it moved every week.  Somehow it was back at the original place though (not really sure how this works) so we went to this bar right on the harbor and had a good night.  A lot of people were tired from 4 nights of Lizzy's-back celebrations and ducked out early, but Shayne and I stayed a little later and hung out outside on the deck before heading home with Warren and Audrey.  Great and very busy weekend.