Hout Bay, South Africa Travel Blogs

birthday
Apr 4, 2008 (1 photos)

My hectic birthday began at 6:30am. Matt and I spent the day running around with the car, trying to get her little kinks sorted out. I did manage to sneak in a little ten minute power nap somewhere among the chaos, a little gift to myself. ...

Foxy Me!
Apr 3, 2008 (10 photos)

... and creativity can do! Thanks Piyali, Gagun, Paul C., Maria, Gemma, Anna, Paul N., Gary, Franzelle and Etienne! Your beautiful artwork will certainly draw lots of positive attention throughout Africa! ps. Sorry about the ants in the pizza!

Tomorrow we leave. Tomorrow
Apr 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... growing by the hour. We decided that TONIGHT will be our last night in Cape Town. As chance would have it, tonight was the night Hout Bay has its weekly scheduled power outage. So into town we went to have our last supper. We went back to one of our ...

Some Pictures of Cape Town
Aug 28, 2008 (10 photos)

... here...no one says Johannesburg.  Now you are in the know about how locals call two places) this afternoon to connect with South African Airways to NYC.  My flight to Joburg is a Kulula.com Airways flight operated by Comair, Ltd on a 737 ...

Hanging about in Cape Town
Feb 17, 2009 (4 photos)

... unloading & is now due tomorrow at 3pm. We are trying to extend the car hire & possibly accommodation - welcome to Africa. On the brightside we've done all the tourist things like the Winelands; Waterfront; penguins colony; Cape of Good Hope etc. ...

out of sight out of mind
Apr 1, 2008 (2 photos)

Wow, the packers are here and i have nothing to do. Well, that's not strictly true. I could sort out all our gear for the trip but i'm just too exhausted. It's been a sweaty 40 degrees today and i feel sorry for the guys who have to pack our ...

All in a Days Drive
Jan 29, 2008 (3 photos)

With only 2 weeks to spend in South Africa I had to make the most of every second. Justin insured I saw all the bits of interest in an express tour.   On day 2 I awoke to the worst sound imaginable. It was a bit like a rooster cross a kookaburra ...

The eve of the big adventure
Mar 1, 2009 (2 photos)

... they truly have been a God send. As this this is our last night of being pampered + a good meal at Mariners Wharf, Hout Bay (Oysters & mussels & grilled prawns) despite the fact the strong winds sent sand blasting across the car park, and this ...

Things we want to do in Cape Town area
Dec 13, 2009

Table Mountain Aquarium Water Front Downtown Market Visit Orphanage and drop of donations Betty's Bay Beaching Cape of Good Hope See a soccer (football) match if possible Take a surfing or kiting lesson Mountain biking Cape flats township tour Snake farm

SURF'S UP
Jul 26, 2008 (10 photos)

26 July BWA(big wave africa) Red Bull Surf Comp in Hout Bay. 30 minute taxi bus ride through constantiaberg vineyards to Hout Bay Harbor. From there BWA had spectator shuttles running into a 'less wealthy' neighborhood where there was an access trail to ...

Sep 25, 2009
Sep 25, 2009 (4 photos)

Best Weekend Ever!
Mar 19, 2007

... diving.  Unfortunately, the morning ocean was still a bit "rough" and hang-overs were still fresh so we decided not to dive Hout Bay and instead drove to another site in Camps Bay that was absolutely gorgeous.  This was a shore dive, so we didn't ...