Cape Town Lodge Hotel

... On the trip out sailed past the new spectacular Green Point Stadium being built for FIFA 2010.<br>Got back to the mainland just in time for lunch at the fantastic A&amp;V Waterfront, (bit like Darling Harbour but more compact and dare i say it more vibrant and less artificial). weather now glorious.<br>Great fish &amp; chips and very good beer!<br>Then its off to Table Top Mountain. This magnificent geological remnant seems to dominate ...

... end of it were darting around like we'd lived there for years. The scenery surrounding the city is stunning though and when you stand back and look at it you'd have to think the first guy to suggest building a city there was insane. <br><br>After two weeks of great weather, great food, another wine tour and no travelling we were waving goodbye to Peter &amp;Angie who loved the place as much as us and we were on our way towards Durban with a hire car for two weeks.

... t want to generalize about the entire white population, because I have certainly met plenty of non-snobby, un-arrogant whites here as well. I suppose its just more than I expected and it kind of took me off guard initially. That night in Stellenbosch we went to this restaurant called Moyo, which is based at one of the vineyards that we visited the following day. It is entirely outdoors and there are treehouses everywhere. It was an all you can eat buffet of ...

PENGUINS &amp; THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE/J&amp;B MET A great few days exploring Cape Town. We set off for False Bay and explored the little towns of , stopping for a late breakfast at Fish Hoek. We were headed to Boulder Beach, the home of only 1 of 2 colonies of Jackass Penguins (now called the more respectable name of African Penguins) that live on the mainland. We first walked along the boardwalk, accompanied by a few tour bus groups and viewed the penguins ...

... terms as they seem to be politically correct around here and are the terms used by the respective people themselves. The blacks are clearly African natives, the whites are Dutch or English descendants and the coloreds, Asians (Malays, Indians etc). The Asians were brought here as slaves back in the 1800's when the then Dutch government passed a law stating that you couldn't own a slave that was native to South Africa. The coloreds were "neutral" and had a better ...

... the morning in-doors reflecting on what a great thing hindsight was and then as soon as the rain cleared we jumped in the car and headed over to Hout's Bay to see the seals. We smelt them before we saw them....what a pong! There were hundreds of them all basking in the sun on this collection of little islands and an equivalent number playing and bobbing around in the sea. It was an incredible sight. Our last day in Cape Town was spent out ...

... pretty ridiculous). Following that an afternoon at Clifton 4 at the base of Table Mountain, we made plans to hike Lion's Head that evening for the full moon and sunset. This peak sits between Signal Hill and Table Mountain in Cape Town and is 669 mtres above sea level. Joe and I made our way down the main beach road to catch a cab up to where the UCT adventure ground was starting the hike from, and failing to catch one immediately, started walking up the mountain road thinking we ...

... later, so they said to call when we got back and they would come for us. Not a word of apology for the day before and an explanation! We were mad to say the least, but we'd been so excited about going to the farm that we decided to get over it and go! So we got back to the hostel and called them at 12.15, they said they would be an hour and to wait. So we checked out of the hostel and waited (again!). 1.15,2.15, 2.30 the phone rang, they would be with us at 3.15. Ok ...

My Uncle Lenwood used to quote a poem that he has now forgotten. It started "I do not wish to fish the sea." Well, i do, but it seems I am not supposed to. I had booked a tuna charter for this morning and was very excited about it. When i called him last week he caught 19 tuna that day between 44 and 75kgs, BIG fish, 44 kgs is right at 100lbs. And yesterday a woman set a new record of catching a 47kg tuna ...

... of us on the boat and we basically took turns in the cage. The crew throws bait into the water near the cage and sharks come up and surround the cage. The exhilarating feeling of having these things a few feet away from you. It was very Jaws like but I kept my arms inside the cage, as we saw sharks from 4ft right up to over 3m. This is yet another unforgettable experience from this trip and yet completely different from ...