Mount Nelson Hotel Cape Town

We have arrived at our first destination. Our journey went well with no delays. The flight from London to Cape Town was long and not terribly comfortable with quite a few bumps along the way.<br>We arrived in Cape Town at 7.45am. The airport was very quiet and our bags arrived very quickly. Hire car was found and we drove out through the city of Cape Town. Table Mountain rises up right in the centre of the city - very impressive and very ...

... of them they devoured all but a small piece. All of the girls were giddy the whole night, and our explosive laughter every time they took more cake made them wonder what in the world was going on. Eventually we explained everything to them, and their jaws dropped when they realized how much caffeine was in their systems. Let's just say that none of us slept more than 3 hours on Tuesday night. <br><br>I haven't laughed that *************g time.<br><br><br><br><br>

... We ended up at several bars...crazy night. Most of us ended up sleeping on the floor in Todd's hotel room. The next morning was a lazy morning. I don't think any of us motivated until noon. I had some lunch and then met up with Suzy (British girl from tour) to go up Table Mountain. Its a nice day. There is a cable car that runs to the top...it rotates as it goes up the mountain so everyone gets a panoramic view on the ride. The views from the top are amazing! Cape ...

... saw the call where Nelson Mandela spent many of his years in prison. After we took our slow boat ride back to the harbor we headed to the District 6 Musuem (well, after stopping for what we wanted to be a quick lunch but took forever...quick service not so common here! But it was good...German food and beer!). Unfortunately The musuem was still closed fro New Years. So, we spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around Green market square. The market ...

Had to set off from the hotel at 5pm in order to catch our 7 am flight to cape town via joberg. Not before Pat finally managed to find her Tanzanite Shop. It was locked when we approached although it did have two guys hanginging around outside with shotguns and rifles. Sadly when we looked through the locked grating over the door, we must have looked likely customers as someone ...

... and texture). We rode on the way back in a taxi (not the same as a minibus) with another group of kids we met at the taxi stand. One of them was a German girl named Eva. We ended up speaking German all the way home. It was awesome to have an extended conversation with somebody in German--I really didn't think I could anymore. After I got home, Jed (a housemate) and I made tea for the security guards outside and sat with them while we all ...

... staple as is casava (a.k.a. manioch or yam) and aside from that it's what the local produce markets have to offer. Goat is widely eaten, but I don't think any animal is beyond consideration for the dinner table in Africa. Sometimes the produce markets would have a huge variety, other times it was only tomatoes and peppers. This did make meal planning a little difficult. We all lost weight, despite the beer ...

... get to them, as at the closest point we were probably only 50 meters away. Rhinos are not to be messed with, however, because from our viewing spot we saw a rhino start charge at a safari vehicle on the other side of the herd. The guide thought it'd be a good time to move on after that. We made our way to a series of small mountains, where we caught site of 2 giraffes. They were brother and sister; one was 14 years old and one was 9 years old. We ...

... but rather overrated - while the south coast towards Durban was neat the beaches and waves around Margate were well impressive. We stayed about 1 week in Durban as I decided that 1 week would not be enough to appreciate the South of Mozambique. We found another good backpacker - Tekweni lodge - which was also located beside a lekker restaurant - The butcher boy. Had a good time cruising around Durban and watching the beach soccer - in a specially built stadium on the ...