Greenways Hotel Cape Town

... international pressure. This area still remains derelict as a memorial to those troubled times.

First stop was town centre for a coffee and a bite to eat. (not for Vanda, she was still full from yesterday’s pork knuckle, so chose just an apple tea). So not to rub it in too much, I limited myself to a very enjoyable fresh fruit salad complete with yoghurt, honey and raisins, plus of course the obligatory cappuccino (sweetened with saccharine – I’m ...

... The train was packed, and we were the only white faces in our carriage - it seemed that this was not the obvious route to the match we had assumed. A 20 minute delay didn't help, but finding the stadium within 2 minutes walk from the station was a relief.

The match was a disappointment - rain and wind meant lots of errors, and neither team played ...

... Punkt Afrikas, d** durch ein grosses Schild gekennzeichnet ist, auf dem sich jed** Suedafrika-Tourist mal ablichten lassen will. Die Rechnung hatte ich ab** ohne den Fei**tag gemacht, denn als wir dort ankamen, stand eine riesige Menschenmasse ums Schild h**um, und jed** wollte natu**lich ein Bild von sich haben. Es kostete viel Zeit und Geduld, ab** am Ende habe ich dann auch mein Foto bekommen. Imm** dies** Stress... Letzt** Halt uns**** Fahrt war dann d ...

... is where the Altantic meets the Indian and there are some very unique plants, animals, including wild baboons that live there. The area is just magnificent and was the highlight of the tour for me.

We walked up to the lighthouse which was ridiculously windy. There were sheer cliffs with spectacular panoramic views. The water looked so blue far, far below.
I stood there with some of the other volunteers and wondered aloud ...

... center, and the guys had a beer and some boerwors in a shebeen (informal bar, but regular beer). Although we did stop by an older couple's shack who were brewing more of the disgusting beer - in the heat outside! Thankfully we were not offered any, as I am afraid we would have had to offend them by saying no thank you. The people were really really nice and friendly, and we didn't feel even a little bit ...

... I don't care if Indians worship cows I could have eaten the hind legs off a cow. The most massive (recurring theme? size matters) naan is served up...i mean, almost the size of the net of a tennis racket we're talking here....Jo is a brave cookie and goes for vindaloo...we eat, make friends with Adam and Sergito our waitors, so much so we're now facebook buddies and next we know Adam is putting us on the guest list for some great party out in Camps Bay. TO be honest ...

... The afternoon isnˇ¦t the best time to see the animals so the game drives continued to get better in the next days. We came back to camp and had an amazing dinner under the moonlight. The next morning we woke up at 4:30AM to get ready so we could leave as early as possible. Early in the morning is when the animals usually hunt so the earlier we could leave the better. Getting ready was a little crazy though. There was one shower and two toilets for about 40 girls. Most people ...

... was such a touristy location.  After lunch, we stopped at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on our way back to town, which were beautiful, especially the protea garden.  Once again, our timing was great and it was almost empty, with a large tour group arriving just when we were almost done.   After arriving back in Cape Town and dropping our stuff off at the hotel, we went for a drink at Ferryman's ...

... and Pete and I asked for hamburgers. We were served an inch thick piece of beef with sauce and avocado on a thick bread roll, no salad was included. We think South Africans just love their meat and don't really accompany it with much salad. We went back to the backpackers and it was another noisy night but not as bad as the night before. We did get awoken to someone trying to open our door at around 2am, I think they may have been drunk and lost.

... have lived to tell you about it today. Pictures of this will be posted on my flickr account soon, so check them out when you get a chance. So much other stuff has happened since I've been here. I went to a play called "truth in translation" which was about the translators of the TRC (truth and reconciliation committee that granted amnesty and forgiveness to would-be-criminals of war at the end of apartheid). And I saw a Malay Choir competition with ...