Capetonian Cape Town

... the de Watrekand district. the place oozes $$ (or should i say R) with some amazing retail curio and speciality shops shops (found one with 120 different teas and countless coffees).<br>Back to the appartment which is right in the thick of all this area and short rest before back to the watrefront for dinner at Karibu which specialises in South African fine dining. Had a great evening. Started with ostrich carpaccio (seems like if ...

... so much about myself and it has ignited my passion for animal conservation. I have fallen in love with Africa, the bush, the animals etc... I will be back soon for a totally different project I have no doubt of that. The 3 of us have completly different opinions on what we thought about this place and its great. But for me it was truly a life changing experience and I miss already after only 2 nights away.<br><br>Cape Town has been fun though. I believe it ...

... going wine tasting, getting somewhat of a buzz, and then hoping on a bike? Although it is legal to do so in SA) it was a pretty easy ride and it was a lot of fun! I now know some more things about wine that I didn't know before, like how to smell it and then drink and search for the aromas in the taste of the wine. I really loved the end of the tour when we got to absolutely tear it up going downhill through the windy vineyards. We also stopped right before our ...

... all the residents of the city should be allowed to pray there. <br><br>See, the blacks were not allowed to be in the city without a pass and you could only get a pass if you had a job working for a white person. Even so, you couldn't be out at night and you certainly couldn't live there.<br>If caught, you went straight to jail.<br>Interestingly, the street where the church is located on is called Queen Victoria St and the name still remains today. <br><br>We strolled ...

... for being a super star and picking this random Brit up from the airport (on an out of the blue request from his friend Evan whom I spent 2 weeks with on the truck in Africa). Within hours of my arrival I was hitching a ride with him to Margarets River, where I spent 4 laughter filled days and nights with the wellie gang down there (everyone at the hostel works on a vineyard). Jock flew back to work in Brunei on Monday morning and kindly ...

... evening and we had some great bonding time with our house mates. Ahh. It feels so good to be caught up! Its just 9:30 here on Friday morning and we're about to head to the beach for a nice LONG day in the sun. Tonight is Matthew's 21st birthday party (21sts are traditionally huge and extravagent here), which a Rio Carnivale theme. Ill be writing again soon, and expect photos is the next couple of days. Love and miss you all, thanks for reading. Hamba Kahle, Charlotte (and sleeping Joe!)

... to finish it that night, so when the sun went down and it was too hard to see, he turned his car headlights on and we worked by the light of those! So after about 3.5 hours we were tired and covered in blisters, and he decided to call it a night. We drove home and arrived for dinner (they were meant to coo and give us accommodation in return for our work on the farm). So exhausted from so much physical work we were hungry. We sat at the table, which was tiny and ...

... top of this, there were two British chaps on board both a good bit older, one was as crazy as the brazilians and fully admits that he goes to the funny farm twice a week, at the end of the day, there were 3 fishermen onboard and two fish, i was the one who didnt catch a fish, the mate let the line go slack before i could get over to hit and the fish was off. AHHHHH, it hurts deep down to my soul, i am ...

... 30mins wrapping it in brown paper in the middle of the post office. Got that sorted finally and decided I would head for the District Six Museum. I had never heard the story of District Six, where over 100,000 blacks were forcibly removed the suburbs. The museum is a testament to their story and is one of the best museums I have ever visited. It is in a Methodist Church and is not a huge building but I spent two very ...