Cape Town Ritz Hotel Knysna

... Thursday Feb 5: Hermanus So we spent a few days in Hermanus, the land based whale capital of the world. From July to December, you can watch the large Southern Right Whales calve from the shore- apparently very spectacular, and quite appealing to someone like me who doesn't fancy wallowing around in a small boat on the open seas to glimpse a whale while trying not to be sea sick. Alas, the whales have returned to more southern climes and the only whales we saw ...

Hi everyone! We're here but still with no car, although I think we will get this "Baz Bus" which is quite flexible and allows us to get off along the coast where we like and then get back on again when we fancy. Still irritating having to plan things while we're here. Weather is absolutely gorgeous and everyone so friendly. Our ...

... anyone reading this, but if you sat in my class for about a week I think you would have a very different perspective! Not only that, but my other science class essentially requires me to make some trips to the beach to collect various samples, life is rough! In addition to the amazing learning experience I had at field camp in terms of science, I also learned a lot about my classmates and South African culture. One night, however, I lost my temper and ...

... stores that sells electricity and you buy a certain amount of units, whatever you can afford. You bring it home and you have a little monitor in your home that you add it to and it tells you how many units you have left. This is because credit is very difficult to get in South Africa and this is a sure way of making sure that there are no unpaid bills. The day that we left for our road trip about a month ago, we woke up to my battery operated ...

... home but another 2 work mates took the week off and flew over for a holiday. It was great. So what exactly did we do in Cape Town for a week: - We went shopping - of course, ate sushi for the first time since leaving London - yum, spent time by the waterfront, took a boat cruise around the harbour area viewing the seals, drove around the expensive towns along the beach and admired the houses, looked at diamonds as they are cheaper here than in London - and NO there are no ...

... an elderly gentleman who explained that this was his 700th trip up the mountain. He was working on a book on flowers, as Cape Town comprises one of the six floral kingdoms of the world. He explained all the interesting plants and flowers on the way down the mountain and was kind enough to give me a ride back to the guest house. From there, I took a rather ill fated trip to the Cape of Good Hope. I was under the ...

Départ de bon matin avec le Baz Bus, on longe la côte vers l'est. Passage par Stellenbosch (plein de vignes), à Hermanus (connue pour être très fréquentée par les baleines), et arrivée à Knysna en fin d'après-midi. C'est une petite ville côtière tranquille (car c'est l'hiver), mais très fréquentée en été. Notre hôtel, l'Overlander's Lodge, a l'air d'avoir été plutôt sympa en d'autres temps : il est ...

Howdy! You'll notice there are some images next to the old posts now. This has taken us ages and we are stressed so you'd better appreiciate them!!! There shall be another update later but we might move down to the beach soon and lie down, some people in the dorm managed to talk nonstop! Later