Alluvia Wine State Stellenbosch

... more than enough. I tasted some fantastic wine and viewed some spectacular scenery. Then in the evening Andy & I somehow managed to make it out of the hotel and visit a bar called Mama Africa, which although touristy had some great decor.

... back and off we went. After walking around a bit, we stumble upon 2 restaurants with the same owner (one Latin and one Italian). We go into the Italian restaurant called Wijnhuis as I remembered reading about it on TripAdvisor.

Wijnhuis is just the cutest little place with quite the wine list. We were seated next to a large table that looked like they were celebrating a successful business venture (they must ...

... next door. We got in the car and I looked left, into the bottom corner of the windscreen and there it was. A parking ticket. You know it's a good sign when conversation is so good you lose track of time, so THANKS JOHN! We giggled as we saw our traffic infractio had cost us only 50 rand (bout 4 euro, just over) so we stopped at the cafe en route and asked John where the traffic services department was and invited him to join us for dinner at Wynhuis ...

... the district six museum (a memorial for the mixed community that was declared a 'white only ' area and bulldozed during apartheid) and then on to several different townships outside of Cape Town. While in the township we were taken to a She-Been, an informal gathering place where the locals drink home brewed beer. We were invited to sip from the bucket of frothing beer which is brewed in about four weeks. After we'd taken a tiny sip each we were shown 'how it's supposed to be ...

... streets, running water, reliable electricity (while the Panari obviously had all of this in Nairobi, it was a new experience to get it all around you!). The first day I grabbed breakfast at a nice cafe and then headed down to the Cape Town waterfront, famous for its restos and shopping. It was absolutely beautiful - a gorgeous harbour, western stores, great food, it was exactly what I needed! I toured around the harbour for a while - a ...

... and place I've been before on a previous golfing holiday ... this time there is great excitment as a protest takes place at the entrance ... for fair treatment of employees ... Stellenbosch has become a much more corwded and noisy place since I've last been here ... We head to Spier where we purchace some nice wines and a picnic ... which we eat sitting on the grass ...

... driver picked us up and drove us home as quickly as he had dropped us off and we fell into bed at about 11pm. A good day. --------------------------------------- --------------------- --------------------------------- DAY 4 - 27TH SEPTEMBER 2007. Shopping on Long St. After another great Cape Heritage breakfast we decieded to go out to Long St, to see if we could get a few of the things that Rach needed for safari, and Mauritius. We went to a surf ...

... the stares of thousands of eyes as if a ghost ship from a past time had arrived. The mean time was spent starring at the coast line, a visit from a few whales and a few curious fur seals. As we got closer to the harbor the wildlife was replaced by curious charter and personal motor boats that would run circles around us to take pictures - all of a sudden we were the tourist attraction. The harbor entry was capped off by a final rush ...

... and Cape Town seemed to be geared towards those seeking a carefree introduction to the wild of Africa. Take Luke for instance, one of the transient staff members, who spoke with a French accent to contrast his spiky blond hair. Within minutes of meeting me, he called me a "******" for skipping out on his invitation to dive with great white sharks. Of course, like many other words, this was funny only because of his accent. I liked him immediately ...

... reported to the Nomad Office by 8a.m. For the most part, everyone began introducing themselves and sharing from what corner of the world their journey began. In total, there were 25 people on board in addition to the Nomad Staff (Gray, Melissa, and Yolanda). A majority of the people on the tour come from Mallorca. The rest of our companions came from Spain, Germany, Netherlands, and four of us from the U.S. After a few minutes, our guides signaled that it ...