Lion's Head Cape Town

Cape Town , Western Cape, South Africa

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    'Captivating Cape Town'

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    Stage 1... Cape Town, the first leg of our World Discovery with no limits. Bright eyed and bushy tailed Sarah & I arrived early Sunday morning with a bank account full of cash and excitement running through our veins. We literally ran out of the airport only to be introduced to a cold, rainy Sunday morning. But that did no jar our enthusiasm, …

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    Cape Countdown

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    Hi from Capetown!

    Feels like we are back in TO as we are back to being in a first world country....or at least we thought the first few days. We spoiled ourselves - our hostel had lots of hot water available, comfy beds, and all the green salad and fruits we could eat without having to worry about where it came from or if it was washed! …

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    36°C am 2. Advent :)

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    Ist gar nicht so einfach in Weihnachtsstimmung zu kommen bei 36°C! Aber Sommer kommt hier immer besser in Fahrt.
    Zur Einstimmung auf's Weihnachtsfest sind wir heute sogar mit in die deutsche evangelische Kirche gegangen, da stand ein besonderer Gottesdienst mit vielen Advents- und Weihnachtliedern auf dem Plan. Aber der Gottesdienst war …

Related BlogsLion's Head Cape Town

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    Walk walk walk

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    ... around Stellenbosch. After heading all the way back into town for some lunch, I turned around and headed up the 2,300ft Lion's Head, another peak overlooking the city, Camp's Bay and view of Table Mountain. Again truly fantastic views. I was ...

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    Week Two - Cape Town

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    ... - round it in 5 minutes, better display of gold in Mike Tyson's mouth. Up to La Med, Camps Bay for sundowners. Drove up to Lion's Head peak and broke the rule of not dining in the same place twice by going back to Cafe Gainsburgh - as good as the first ...

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    A Familiar, White Face

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    Alex is one of my closest friends from university. Currently, he is a volunteer teacher and research assistant in Cape Town. A few days ago, he picked me up from the airport and arranged a sleeping space for me on the floor of the house he is ...

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    The Long Truck Journey to Freedom

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    Day 39 out of 41 and we finally make it into South Africa. We camped at the rather ugly fishing village of Lamberts Bay - together with the smell of hundreds of Cape Gannett and the odd dead seal. And for our last night under canvas it also chucked it ...

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    Hey, Check Out the Line on the Map!

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    ... travel agents - real life and online - we found a hard to pass up price on a flight from Buenos Aires to Cape Town, South Africa. So, June 22 we found ourselves at the Buenos Aires airport feeling like we'd reached a pretty important moment in our ...

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    Bloubergstrand, jumping from cliffs and beer

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    ... with it. That afternoon I'd arranged to go paragliding. I'd expected we were going to head out to a place called Lion's Head, just above Cape Town and a place where you paraglide down to Camp's Bay. The wind conditions weren't great so we ended ...

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    Between the Lion's head and the Atlantic

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    ... generous, positive, welcoming and fun!  We had a blast.   We will forever cherish our memories of South Africa and we all fell in love with Cape Town.  It was a teary departure. We do hope to return.   Must-do's in/around ...

  • 8

    Great White Cape Town

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    ... all over the world and mixed in some South African hip-hop. We had a great time and Khosi told me about her life in South Africa. She never had a father, her brother was shot and killed and her sister passed away. She grew up in a bad neighborhood in a ...

  • 9

    Table Mountain

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    ... we did get back to the upper cable car station the clouds lifted and the view was beyond anything I've seen before.  Cape Town spread out below, Robben Island sitting isolated from the mainland and the waterfront!  We had no idea Cape Town had ...

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    Hiking Lion's Head

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    ... the Barranco Wall but much better than just a straight hike anyway. Views from the top were pretty sweet, for views of Cape Town itself I’d say better than Table Mountain because you get the mountain in the photos as well, and can see around ...