I went to South Africa for the first time in the fall of 2000. I was a college student then and the trip was part of Semester at Sea study abroad program. Cape Town, being a port on our itinerary, quickly became one of my favorite stops at that time, among the ten different countries we visited over a span of four academic months. The trip happened almost eighteen years ago and I still remembered the way Table Mountain stood proudly over the majestic city. Tonight I dug out my old journal from that first trip. I wanted to see…