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Middle Elementary
South Africa
Table Mountain
Day 17

Bright eyed and bushy tailed, the ProjectExplorer team hit the hills early this morning. Actually, we hit the mountain - Table Mountain.

To get to the summit, we had to take a cable car. The cable car had large glass windows so that we could watch the sea and ground disappear as we made the climb. The trip to the top takes less than 5 minutes. Our photographer, Meredith, has a fear of heights but she bravely took the journey with us.

When we got out of the cable car it was very cold. We warmed up by having a hot breakfast at the top of the mountain. Then, we enjoyed walking in the crisp mountain air.

Table Mountain can be seen from anywhere in Cape Town. It is called Table Mountain because it has a flat top. I enjoyed the beautiful views of the ocean and the city below. I saw an endless sky dotted by wisps of clouds, with slopes and cliffs below. Then, the fog rolled in and everything below seemed to vanish.

With my head in the clouds,