Stellenbosch University

We finally landed in Cape Town on the 3rd of March
after what felt like a never ending week. The sun was shining and we were
greeted by some big smiles by Stefan, Elzaan and Christian...we couldn't of
asked for anything more. Ben went off with the boys for Christian's bachelors
white water rafting and myself and Elzaan had a very …

Stellenbosch is beautiful university town that looks like Clifton village, all street side cafes, chai lattes and shops selling expensive souvenirs. We had come to explore the area and spend a second day on the CooperTrooper wine ...

... this, as the town itself is adorable and quaint, and really just as a college town should be.  (If you're not American then I suppose it's just what a university town should be...)  South Africa is proving to be an incredible place. ...

... the more I watched the more I noticed that colors kinda stick to their own here. I am not used to this at all. Stellenbosch is a university town which seems pretty rich compared to some of the other parts I have seen so far. I don't feel unsafe here ...

... been here a lot longer and at the same time a lot less than a week. It has been all about settling in here at the Stellenbosch University this week and getting to know our way around. We are enrolled as students, ("we" by the way, consist of me and ...

... Most of the vegetation here is Fynbos (literally "fine bush"). Fynbos consists of four major plant groups - Proteas (South Africa's National flower); Ericas, heath-like, low growing shrubs; Restios which are reed-like plants; ...

... we walked around Stellenbosch just to see what there was to see and ended up having a great time, got into a University of Stellenbosch rugby match free because Luciano told the gaurd there were there from Brazil to take pictures for Brazilian TV.  ...

... like Lovelace the guru penguin, with tufty yellow bits above their eyes and red eyes), these penguins aren't indigenious to South Africa, they come from a long way away, Antarctica in fact, but get washed up along the coast and cannot be ...

... , the B&B in Stellenbosch, thanks to our new navigation system the JPS (Jonna Positioning System). Stellenbosch is home to a large university campus with 23,000 students, but unlike them we were not there to further our academic studies, ...

... staying at the Stumble Inn, a popular and cheap, but pretty grotty backpackers near the middle of town. Stellenbosch is beautiful, a very old (1700's) university town. Most of the buildings are in the Dutch Cape colonial style and the town is very ...

... apologised profusely and he was even kind enough to drop me at the Cat & Moose before he took the others back to Stellenbosch. After a quick consultation with the nice old guy in the Cat & Moose, he booke dmy shark-cage diving for ...