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Travel Blogs from Cape Town
Yet Another Mundane Holiday ...
It may seem a bit odd but the rest of the trip was more your standard holiday than any sort of adventure ... Sarah, Christina and I rented a car the next day and took a trip to Cape Point via Simonstown and Constantia ... AS we drive through teh leafy suburbs of Constantia I can't help but wonder how wierd it all looks ... how un-African ... we …
Landing on another planet ...
The following morning as we sit down to breakfast Jacques is not being very forthcoming with details as to what is to happen next ... except that at some point Jeremy will arrive in a rented mini bus to pick all 14 of us up ... maybe today ... maybe tomorrow ... I have to admit that I am not altogether thrilled at the prospect of speding another …
Day One: Cape Town (July 15, 2012)
... including life insurance for me, which is beginning to sound worth it).
Our flight leaves at 1:40 pm. William read something on the Delta Airlines website about arriving not two but three hours prior to take off. It’s ridiculous, but we have Tim drop us earlier than usual anyway. I pose no problem for the TSA, but William must have a bomb in his backpack. Otherwise, why would they usher him into a private room for a private pat-down? A ...
Cape Town, South Africa
... my left hand? (ok- not really a "transformation") June 27th- Drove to Boulder Beach and Cape Hope to see the penguins & the tip of Africa. Also amazing views along the coast. I really love Cape Town. Gorgeous mountains and ocean in the same view. It's also progressive and modern with prices about half that of the US. I could picture myself living here. June 28th- We took a 2 1/2 hour boat ride with 3 members of a penguin conservation/protection group ...
Winding Down
... Lite bears more resemblance to an appliance....a dishwasher with lawn mower wheels. So yesterday me and a giant Dutch Astronomer strained to force little sparky up and over a few mountains. We drove out to a surf break called Dungeons near Hout Bay to watch the local surfers take on the 20+ ft waves and do a little hiking around the coast line. I need to break out my boards next week and tackle the massive Folly Beach surf. ...