Mandela Rhodes Place Cape Town

... room. As well as wine we also tasted olive oils and some delicious olives. I bought a jar of Calamata olives as well as a bottle of the gold medal winning 2005Tokara Red, which is a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petite Verdot blend, aged in French Oak for 22 months. I would love to store this to see how it ages, but unfortunately I will have to drink it before we leave South Africa, such a shame ;)


The next stop was Franschhoek, a ...

... take the road over to Hout Bay.

It was now dark which ruined part of the fun of Hout Bay, enjoying some dinner while watching the sunset. And the rain was still coming down hard. So the question was whether to proceed to Hout Bay, or head straight home to get ready for Ginja. We decide to screw Ginja since they did the same to us, and we went to Hout Bay for the some dinner. Although it was ...

... or right cup holder? Which side?" "erm on the right...well, if there is space either side, put it wherever, the person next to you will see where you put your coke" "So they wont drink it if i put my coke on the right? They will see me put it there? They know its mine?" "Yes, Dewald that would be ok" I imagine this is not the first time he has questioned an adult on this matter, as he seemed to be predicting the flow of conversation well and although he knew where he could ...

... never heard of Johnny Clegg). Turns out that Johnny Clegg is famous there in South Africa and is known as the "white Zulu" as he sings songs about the native African culture. Very touching watching the crowd stand and sing along with a lot of emotion to some of the songs about their homeland. I'm sure the crowd was 100% white people who also consider themselves every bit of an African as I consider ...

... even in the off season. We ran a few errands and explored the area a little bit. We luckily came across the Robben Island tour center and found out that tickets needed to be purchased days in advance. We were able to get tickets for Monday. We also finally were able to find an authentic South African restaurant for dinner. After a beer at pub, we went for dinner. We were the only patrons since it was off season ...

... The wind really picked up so much that we had full sail; it was an exhilarating feeling the wind in the hair (figuratively speaking!) There were only seven passengers, the boat can take 14 plus crew, so were weren't crowded. It was here that I met Marli, Douglas and Boshi, they were on holiday in Cape Town from Johannesberg, scouting it out for a possible move. These three and who will also feature later on in my travels

... and put in the tuna fish head, we had 3 sharks going around in circles and they were huge!!! Along with the fish head, the "shark lady" tossed in a cut out of a seal, I didnt think it would work since it was just a piece of wood, but it really did. As the sharks swam up towards the bait, the "shark lady" and her helper would pull them up so the shark wouldnt get them and the sharks would swim by and them come back a minute later. There were a few ...

... to be taking us to a sandwich shop so we could try Gatsby's, popular South African sandwiches with the chips (or French fries) piled in with the curried meat or chicken, lettuce and tomato. Even though we'd already eaten huge sandwiches we'd purchased at Mugg and Bean, we agreed to buy just one sandwich and cut it up for all of us to sample. I do enjoy curry but this stuff was hot. Also, the meat was a little tough. But then again, we were buying food in a ...

... I've been keeping fairly busy with things like more whale watching in Hermanus, definitely THE place to see them. One of them breached (jumped out of the water) in front of us not 2 or 3 times as is normal but an unbelievable 8 times in front of us! Wow! Went to visit the penguins too which were too cute! Did a wee bit of cycling (yeah me on a bike - the devil is dead!) in Table Mountain national park, hiked Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope, Did Table ...