Hotel Le Vendome Cape Town

... describing the buildings and the sights, they were splendid, you'll just have to take my word for it or google.<br><br>Again, little public transport, but there's a city-sightseeing bus you can hop on and off that will take you around and about. And there are lots of less obvious places to go see. Long Street was one of my favourites, not just for the shops, but the ambience, hippy-ish and cool.<br>I stayed for 3 or 4 days but I could easily have seen myself ...

The South African Government employs over 150,000 workers, which operate the government-run segments of the country's services. The major sectors include Arts and Recreation, Electricity, Health, Housing, Waste, and Water, and together, the employees comprise SAMWU, the South African Municipal Workers Union. <br><br>This week, SAMWU announced that the government's failure to meet their 15% wage increase demand would result in a massive strike. For ...

... and i feel i am achieving that. The work i have been doing so far is with the organisation's Employment Initiative. Although it also runs drop-in centres for kids, this is a beadwork company for the mothers of these kids who were previously troubled and unemployed. They (and indeed i for the next month) make jewelry, bags and household decorations to sell on in order to make a profit and keep ...

... nothing to do and doing it all day long is very relaxing although I dare say boredom will set in once the novelty has worn off. The only decision I have to make in the mornings is whether to go to the beach or the pool, or perhaps potter to the shop to top up the larder. I have no house, no garden and no car thus no responsibilities. The apartment complex has a small but adequate (and very cold) pool which is rarely used during the day, very ...

... patrol snacking on occasional seal pup sushi! Chumming began and for what seemed like an age nothing else much happened as we all stood around chatting trying to pretend that we didn't mind if there was a no show by the sharks. Suddenly a small 3m shark started to investigate the tuna head and dark grey polystyrene float both being trailed out downwind of the boat. Excitement broke out on Barracuda and was very infectious! The first 5 divers ...

... misleading advertising. So I went home and worked on my blog for the rest of the day. In the middle of working on my blog, while uploading pictures, my portable hard drive suddenly stopped working. The computer on which I was working became unable to detect the drive. At that moment I didn't think too much of it, figuring there was probably a problem with the computer I was working on. Since it was late, I just went to bed, intending to continue updating my blog in the ...

... subject in SA, and with comments like this made by it´s leaders, it may be some time before the 30% statistic is able to be reduced. Reflections Best Restaurant - Beluga (Cape Town) Best Bar - La Med on a Sunday (Cape Town) Must-do activity - Great White Shark Dive (Gansbaai) Best Town - Stellenbosch (Wine Region) The People - healthy, successful, good looking or oppressed, struggling, crying out for education, you decide Would I go back? - most definitely

... with a lot to do. This is an incredibly beautiful country with a lot of problems. The cloud of apartheid still hangs thick and dark, but many issues such as corruption and incompetence can be attributed to those in pow** today. And unfortunately many social problems can be attributed to those they most affect. These few weeks have given me a new-found admiration for African women, because of all the **** they have to endure from African men. Many of them are ****ing animals ...

... I think we are the only people ever to visit who did not see the baboons. We did a loop along the water back towards the huts, but we stopped to enjoy the perfect sunset right into the water. It was a nice day, and I'm glad that we had the extra time to check out the little paths, take photos and look at the animals. Tomorrow is the hard day. We woke up early and headed out. The path is a bit fuzzy because it basically is on the beach, so you kept ...

... his cup of tea (else you may be part of the menu!). There are 3 marked walking paths at the top, and a great view of downtown Cape Town, the 12 apostles (which were named by a mathematically challenged preacher because they are 16 of them), signal hill, and the white sand Clifton beaches, which are perfect for that all round tan. At the Southeastern base of Table Mountain lies the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. The gardens cover an area of 530ha and was ...