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Travel Blogs from Somerset West
Seperated in Capetown
... of Apartheid, thanks for leaving out a class to make sure everybody understands who is the superior. Anyway nowadays everybody can go first class. The train literally goes right by the ocean for a little stretch and after another 20 minutes walk we arrived at our first destination.... Boulders. Here you will find a species called Jackass penguins and I took Natsches advice to save the money for the park and see if we find some penguins ourselves. Check the pics how close we ...
Table Mountain
... enginn fraegur sja sig!!
Til ad komast upp a Table Mountain getur madur valid um tad ad labba upp eda taka cableway (klafur, kalfur eda hvad sem tetta heitir) og vorum vid snoggar ad velja cableway leidina. Tordis var nu samt farin ad efast um tessa akvordun okkar tvi henni fannst ekkert brjalaedislega traustvekjandi ad hanga bara eitthvad i loftinu a einhverjum helv... linum! Eg baud ...
A Busy Day.
... We arrived back into Cape Town at around 6.30pm and went for a stroll around the shops at the Waterfront. There is still smoke coming from Lindas credit card. As it happened the Volvo Oceon Race arrived into Cape Town yesterday evening so there was a great buzz about the place. Its weird enjoying the sunshine and warm weather within view of a Xmas tree with all its elaborate lights.
As far ...
Stellenbosch - Kapstadt
... Rundgang und ein Besuch im Informationszentrum, dann geht es über das weitläufige Weinbaugebiet zum Winzer Zevenwacht. Die Fahrt führt teilweise wieder über unbefestigte Straßen. Kurz machen wir einen Abstecher zu Stellenrust - ein moderner Neubau, fahren aber gleich wieder weiter. Bei Zevenwacht angleangt - so stellt man sich eine Südafrikanische Winzerei vor - alte wunderschöne Gebäude die teilweise mit Kletterpfalnzen bewachsen sind. ...
Getting wiser and Told I’m not
... and topped with scoops of ice cream. Beat that McDonalds. By the late afternoon I headed out to join up with Martin and Claudia and say my goodbyes for a month or so. On my return to the hostel I had some hasty packing to do before my midday bus trip to Taupo.
The trip between Auckland and Taupo is one I have done a few times now, but I could not have left my arrival at the bus any later; It was literally pulling off as I ran down and banged at the door! A few ...