Hotel Le Vendome Cape Town

... was absolutely beautiful – I tried to get a clear enough picture of this guy. Then as we wandered further down we came across a group of 8 guys singing Zulu, and they sounded fantastic! Course we stopped to admire and listen to them, which one pulled away and handed us their CD so course we had to buy a copy so we'll be able to play this for the family when we get back. Must say the sound isn't bad!


Thursday
We woke up to some awesome baking/breakfast from Maryn ...

... Another recommended restaurant was Kalky's which was right on the water and supposedly has the best fish and chips south of the equator (I just made this up). You knew this place was good as it was a total locals hangout. All walks of life were dining in this shack, and the lady working the counter was putting on a show. There were numerous fishes to choose from, but the hake was the most popular (and ...

This was our last full day in Cape town, so we had an early breakfast in the hotel and then reached Clifton for a short stroll at this beautiful beach.......an hour or so later v were at V&A to do some final shopping as we were leaving for the garden route the next day......after luch ...

... they have a really really huge enclosure that contains all sorts of preditor fish, including some sharks. The kelp in there is at least 20 feet high, and they somehow move the water so that it sways like it would in the ocean. Awesome. The place we are living in now is great. We only spent one night in the flat on the second floor and ...

... Gazelles, Bush buck, Wart Hogs, Zebras and parked within a few feet of a family of Giraffes. But the day was not going to be compete until we found the Lions. And as the sunset the Lions awoke, the first lion we pulled up next to was the largest male lion in the reserve and he was laying merely 15 feet away from us. This was closer than I ever expected to get to a wild lion and it was nerve racking, yet amazing ...

... highway for awhile until we finally made it back to the lower cableway. We had had enough excitement for one night so we decided to call a cab to pick us up at the cableway. The obvious danger of walking on a dark highway in the middle of the mountains finally set in. The cab picked us up and took us to a restaurant on Kloof street. Our entire dinner was spent discussing the day - truly an amazing day. The pictures below are a mix from the day.

Table Mountain is synonymous to Cape Town, described nad painted by the early voyageurs from Portugal and Holland. in 1652 Jand Van Ribbeck under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company, arrived in three ship sin Table Bay. We saw it from the plane when landing, after the drive up to Cederberg and returing back to Cape Town on New Years Eve, we stopped at De Grendel WInery, Durbanville Hills, for some wine tasting and a few photos of the unique landmark of S ...

... The way I view the world can be a little"diffirent" at times. So, yeah. Here I am. Sam and I flew 11 hours next to eachother and didn't even have fight. I thought fighting was just part of travelling because of past experience when I have travelled with others. We were waiting for months for the bloody mary's which we had vowed months before would signify the beginning of our advenrure together. We tried to capture the ...

... we paid and got on the boat. It was a 36 foot catamaran. It took about 20 minutes to the place where we viewed the sharks. There were 3 people with us explaining what we were going to do and how they attract the sharks. They put a bunch of tuna, like a "chum slick" in the water and threw big fish heads out on a line. They also had this wood figure shaped like a penguin kind of to float on the water so it looked like something was on top of the water so the sharks would ...

... had putjie and beer and had early night. Delivered the car next day after cleaning it a bit. After 3700km, 1500 of those on sand, we felt the need. Spinning once didnīt really help either. But no problems! Had breakfast at Lolaīs, my favorite breakfast place around Long Street. Fab Fry Up, yummy! Bought new shoes, headlamp and new day sack. In retrospective, very needed acquisitions.