Eendracht Hotel Stellenbosch

... be unsafe. After Chico was inspected for bombs, Brittany was allowed inside the US Embassy. The family behind her in line provided musical entertainment by singing Will Smith ‘Miami’ to prepare for their first trip to the United States. Americans in the South Africa US Embassy are seated in a separate roped off area with comfy chairs and magazines. Brittany was the only American inside and was treated first. The whole process took about ...

... to a movie whilst we headed to the restaurant Dros for steaks, drinks and more merriment with Jay, Jamie and Barsby. Muzza and S&M arrived at some stage and we ended the evening back at the hostel bar dancing and doing shots. Ahhhhh I feel a hangover coming on! Oh we also have our third truck hook up with Luke and Clara. Apparently they got cosy on the drive through Congo/Angola and are quite the little couple now. I shall be sure to keep you posted with any future developments.

... us stroke his back....to be surrounded by these little big things was absolutely awesome and Tanya, one of their carers, was a fantastic lady and we exchanged notes on aMiNals, me drawing on my knowledge from my short safari and the book I'm reading on Kruger. Was leuk! But, after that, it was time for lekker wyn! We hit the little house and were treated to 3 amazing wines served up by two lovely people..... I was so taken with the wines ...

... this practice but I was fascinated by the juxtaposition of this ancient tradition with the modern culture which surrounded it. Our guide then went on to tell us about some other areas of Zulu tradition regarding women which I found quite hard to swallow. I won't include them all here but I will say that Zulu culture seems very male dominated. I think that's enough for now - a whole entry about a single tour, I think I'm on a roll. I will write more about the rest of the weekend soon

... cool restaurant called Moyo. We had a really good time learning more about the cheetahs in the day and at the restaurant in the evening. Moyo has fantastic live African music and dancing and we ate antelope, kudu (the largest type of antelope), ostrich and springbok. Antelope is really tasty should you ever get chance to try it! Hope you like the pics. xx

... evening didn't finish there - as soon as we were back in the Hostel we started it up again - good LORD! We did though all manage to sign up for Shark Diving that next day. The Nightmare - So we all went shark diving, all of us with a hangover. At first we thought it wouldn't be a problem, especially after weathering the lengthy drive outside of Cape Town (about 2.5 hours to Gaansbai). we boarded the ship and sailed through rather ...

... and cold outside, we decided just to look around the waterfront and do some shopping.  We were able to sleep in a little and it was a nice, low-key day.  In addition to the shopping mall and typical gift shops, we also visited the craft markets, where local artisans have stalls selling their wares.  For lunch, we ate at a restaurant called Quay Four, which we selected because we'd seen it packed at dinner.  The food was ...

... plane.  Initial shock aside, Cape Town was a phenominal city offering loads of sites and things to do. We based our travels out of there for the first week and quickly discovered that we could easily have used several more days to see the additional sites that we wanted to visit.  For the first two days we had arranged a room at a hotel next to Green Market square which was centrally located downtown and conveniently situatted just off Long Street.  This came in quite ...

... inebriated amigo. I powered through that following day without sleep but that night, my only Friday night in Cape Town, I crashed for 18 straight hours. I don't party like I used to, and I've never been able to party quite like the Spanish do. Samantha was a free spirit from my old neck of the woods, the San Francisco Bay Area. Her six-month African safari was a gift to herself before heading off to law school. Steve introduced her into our group ...

... mugged just the other day walking back from the waterfront, after it was dark! Fools! So of course, much to the chagrin of our heroine, we took a walk to the waterfront (the girls at the hostal told us not to walk, even though it was daytime). Vivian was not having a good time at all the first time but we made it down without any problems (during the day of course!). The second trip was much better and she was way more agreeable to walk. So Cape Town...... hike Table Top ...