Bo-kaap Cape Town

We spent the morning of our last full day in cape town on a "cooking safari!" A what? I said the same thing. (By the way, the word safari means long journey in Swahili) Our new guide for the day Pam picked us up we drove a few blocks away to the neighborhood called Bo Kaap (or "above cape town" in Dutch) which is a historically Muslim neighborhood …

Strangely unsettling - that is how I must characterize this trip to Africa ... so many aspects of this continent have been amazing, yet it's the inequities here that have overwhelmed our senses, forever seared into our memories. For all the highs, there were also the lows ... though through sheer resiliency of the people, even in the depth of those …

Today Discovery Tours picked us (me, Jane and Richard, Eliza and Edward, Melanie, Tim, Thomas, Shirley) up at 9 am to visit wine country.
We visited Bo-Kaap neighborhood in the morning; it is located on the foothills of Signal Hill and was settled by the descendants of slaves brought to Cape Town by the Dutch in the late 17th and 18th centuries …

My first full weekend in Cape Town was, as expected, fairly busy and began with an engagement party for two friends of Kyle and Maja's at Bolana in Kalk Bay. As always, everyone was very welcoming and the seafood snacks were amazing (if not a little messy!) Saturday started with a leisurely breakfast from the coffee shop around the corner and then …

Heute sind wir wieder nach Kapstadt reingefahren, um die alten "neuen" Sklavenhäuser anzusehen. Der Teil Kapstadts nennt sich Bo Kaap und überall sind schöne bunte Häuser. Früher dienten sie als Sklavenunterkünfte und jetzt sind sie ganz normale Wohnhäuser, jedoch sehr klein, aber total schön. Wir hatten derartige Häuser ja schon im Cape Quarter …

... and down the coastline onto an area know as Seapoint. Next I went for a wander into an area called Bo-Kaap, a very interesting area of town where all the houses are painted a bright colour. I then rented a moped and headed down the coast towards ...

... the Dutch originally settled and is known for its colorful architecture.  We then headed to a township called Langa outside of Cape Town.  We visited a community arts center Guga Sthebe.  They work with kids and adults in the community to ...

... to be found. Naturally, the crowd was rather one-sided and even the visitors seemed to be behind the Bafana Bafana. When South Africa scored the opening goal, the crowds went mad, shouting, screaming, singing dancing and of course, blowing vuvuzelas! The ...

... ! Wind burnt and hungry we settled down for a night in with South African tv. Great disappointment when news arrived from Dublin that South Africa failed to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Japan and themselves lost out to New Zealand. Our last two days ...

... throughout the years through political and racial unrest. It's the original home of the Muslim community who first settled in Cape Town; today the colourful houses - painted in an assortment of rainbow bright colours - are striking against the stormy ...

... on the TV while talking to the bar tender.  We found out that the entire cricket league was moved from India to South Africa because of the bombings that happened earlier in the year.  This was great practice for the upcoming World Cup to make ...

I leave Cape Town in 4 days. FOUR DAYS.  I still feel like I just got here and am starting to get used to life in the Bo Kaap.  Our break starts on Friday and I am going to London and Scotland with Meg and Whitney. I finally uploaded photos, ...

... awesome! If you dream about doing something similar, just do it. Do not think, just do! :-) Cape Town and the surroundings is the easiest part of South Africa to travel in, and also the area looking most similar to Europe in my opinion. Cape Town is ...

... at last!" Mandela, May 2, 1994, echoing Martin Luther King Jr., after winning the first all-race election in South Africa Additional Tour Information: Special rates for children under 12 years old. Accommodation at Cape Town Seamore-Express Guest ...

... have these types of tournaments and cope but I have doubts. I saw the stadium yesterday as we walked to signal hill- fantastic views over Cape Town- photos below.  I am hoping to see some seals and do a wine tour before I go but I am starting to run ...