Garden Court de Waal Hermanus

... A bit of an incongruous place. Set amongst amazing rock formation and with 42 degree water spouting from carved chimpanzees into it&#8217;s pools, the buildings and set up were more like Butlins including having to wear coloured wristbands to prove we had paid.<br><br>Internet access is a bit sporadic so we have not been able to update our photos but hope to have some with the next instalment maybe even some of the whales, so far the best views have seem ...

... up and over the Langeberg mountains, stunning views of course. Half the 150km loop done we thought we'd earned a little wine tasting (Karina not me, I drove) and pulled in to a winery fro free sippage (vinyards is way too european a word!) and purchased a rather lovely award winning 2005 cabernet sauvingon for 4GBP. Since we were on a roll it would have been rude not to stop at the dairy for cheese tasting too, yum, and watch the locals ...

... time! After spending a lazy week enjoying the beautiful white sands beaches, we met up with Teddy's friend Chris (we are very excited to have a friend after 6 months lol) and took a trip to the Cape Point with a stop to visit the Penguins. There is a large group of African penguins (formerly known as jackass penguins) that live on Boulder beach. There is a long wooden walkway through bushes ...

... was really cool just sitting by the bay having lunch and watching them play and breach. No boats are allowed to take you close (we will do this in NZ) so we just watched them from the coast, a very cool experience all the same. But whales were not why we came here, we (well mostly Colm) were after Sharks! Great Whites to be precise! And boy did we get them ...

... they miss Africa. I tell them I'm still in Africa, but that I miss them and the Africa we enjoyed togeth**. Thank you all for your kind wishes and continued support - I wouldn't feel as guilty as I do (for not updating the site regularly enough) if it w**en't for you lot. If you have contact details of anyone that knows me (from my travels or oth**wise), or anyone who may be int**ested in my travels, then please ...

... we could have made it here last month to see the literally hundreds of huge whales that hang out in the bay. When there are no whales in the bay, whale watching is a lot like water watching or watching paint dry... really thrilling! I have always been fascinated by sharks (on TV), and particularly the biggest of the big.... great white sharks. I love watching "Shark Week" on the Discovery Channel because you get to see the shark footage close up (safely on ...

... is a new recruit at Exclusive Books, where I have been working part time for the past year. Wonder comes from Pretoria and has a good friend who works for Exclusive Books at the OR Tambo airport (formerly known as Johannesburg International). He has arranged for his friend to give me a ride to the Kempton Park station, where I can either get a train or minibus taxi to Pretoria, which should take less than an hour. So I will catch the bus which initially left from ...

... t be too interesting and we'd just eat and go, but it turned out to be quite an experience. They had the Olympics on a few TV's but on most of the TV's and the huge projection screen right next to us they had a local Rugby game on. The people sitting around us were really into the game and were yelling and cheering constantly. I've never watched a real Rugby game, but I loved it. Its much more interesting than football to watch, because there are very few pauses. I'm not sure of ...

... trying to watch out for goats, cows, people, m**************s and cars straying from the oncoming traffic lane can all be a bit too much for the driver alone to watch for. Most everything here is done on African time. We saw a proper made government sign along side some construction workers. It was on a main highway. It read PLEASE DON'T KILL US! At least they get right to the point here. The province of Eastern Cape has its own ...