Enjoy Africa Guesthouse Somerset West

... and quiet and selecting the best setting for taking photos in harsh sunlight and also so close up. From then on every lizard had to closely inspected. We found two different kinds - a black lizard and the female of the first mentioned multi coloured one. They were everywhere. All three boys got really excited when they saw one and the camera had to come out to capture the moment. They didn't mention anything about the city below or the peninsula stretching into ...

... both from Morocco. The staff are dressed in full costume including face decorations. It is a true African food, cultural and visual experience.

We arrange for a driver to try some wineries in the Stellenbosch area on Thursday. There are over 300 wineries in the region. Just try to pick a few is a daunting task.

We choose four wineries, based on recommendations we received in Johannesburg and from our waitress at the Karibu restaurant ...

... 1 with the US Dollar, so to convert all prices, you just move the decimal point on space to the left. Remember to save all your receipts because on leaving the country you can get all of your tax back, but only on goods, not services. That means that your big spending like on your car and hotel will be taxed, but you can't get it back. We books our domestic flight and car hire through kulula.com, which turned out to be a great deal, the car ...

... with a pretty good movie collection; I watched Dodgeball, The Fugitive, and most of The Dark Knight before I drifted off to sleep. There was a pretty long line for immigration at Johannesburg but it moved pretty quickly. Then I killed an hour or so shopping at the airport before catching my flight to Cape Town. I'm staying at the Westin Grand Arabella in Cape Town, which is pretty nice if somewhat generic, like ...

... the Huguenots, sent by the Dutch, who didn't' quite know what to do with the large number of Protestant refugees from France who arrived after the Edict of Nantes was revoked. Our final stop was to see the winery of Goats Do Roam (Fairview). Again, charming architecture; cheese-tasting, which the kids did - and wine-tasting, which we did. Enjoyed a Pinotage-Viognier (yes, we really did - they add a small percentage of white wine to ...

... In the city, when we go into the shops, most of the time American music plays on the radio (for example Riana's song "Shut Up and Drive" is playing in the internet café.) There's stores here like Urban Trade, La Senza and many familiar names. Still, at the same time it is very different from home and rich in African culture. Like Charlotte said in the last entry, we have experienced some very different things. I think it also important to note when comparing costs to home that ...

... group of friends. Outside of class people are pretty friendly. This afternoon I helped my roommate move out of the residence hall because she didn't like it there and I am trying to get myself organized and on track with studying. My classes, for the most part, don't have a text book so it is VERY important to pay attention in class and take good notes. As for the school itself, it reminds me a lot of high school. My classes are everyday (except one class ...

... different race, which is why South Africa is called the Rainbow Nation - not because of the gay population. Although there is a large gay population and gay marriage is legal, it is the Rainbow Nation for entirely different reasons. More about that later. Anyhow, there were a cappella groups singing traditional African folk songs, as well as groups singing the favorite contemporary style of music - kwito. There are hundreds of souvenir shops and boutiques ...

... us on this one. It turns out we were on an awful lot of game drives by the time we finished with Africa, but this was the first. We were trapped in the tunnel (our bus broke down halfway thru the tunnel) for an hour and a half, so we didn't get to do all the excursion. We had a very nice local lunch at Inverdoon: I ate some Kudu, or something like that, a local game. John didn't. Animals were scarce because we hit Kruger at mid-day, when ...

... nazaj v mojo rdeco konzervico in sla po drugi strani proti "domu". Srecala sem velik ljudi na KOLESIH - which was weird - ker tok piha, da gres prej nazaj k pa naprej :) In na plazi so kite-surfali in cist razturajo - model je poletu par metrov v zrak! Cist hudo! Zvecer smo imeli druzinski vecer in smo gledali 2fast and 2furius v TV sobi in men je blo to prav super (ja, Paul Walker is HOT! - was about time to see someone cute :). Maybe too much info :)