Radisson Hotel Waterfront Cape Town City

... out which logs you put in or else the smoke can kill you and usually kills a few tourists camping every year. You can't really freak out about it but it's pretty crazy how many things can do you in. Yvette really like the garden and had to read EVERY sign. I'm not saying I wasn't interested but I didn't want to get caught on the mountain in the dark so I had to practically drag her from there (one of the joys of traveling with someone). The hike started ...

... driver called up all of his buddies in order to get a location. The best part about was that taxi's in South Africa have a rolling meter. So it is continuously charging us more even though we aren't really driving anywhere. After 20 minutes of driving around, we finally stumble upon the restaurant. JB paid the 70 rand fee and inside we went.

Knowing that the restaurant fills up quickly, I made a reservation ...

... to tell you that at that moment, i had a completely different perspective on what happened at the SF Zoo a year ago. I'm not entirely sure they were taunting the tiger after all. If one is hungry enough, and you are interesting enough, it will move toward you. That had my heart racing more than the huge male lion near Kruger did! Day 3 We started off the day at the Cango Caves and they were as incredible as i had imagined them to be. When you enter the cave, you are ...

... her lioness. she wrote a book "Lion in my bedroom" that i'll have to read to get more insight into her life. it was a best-seller in SA and Australia. she attributes its success in Australia to the fact that many women thought it was a book about her love life with her husband Frank (an Olympic Gold Medal swimmer 12 times over). he had many affairs during their marriage and Pat knew all about them but didn't seem to ...

So back at the Cape Town Westin we befriended the owner of the wine shop in the hotel. He was a really cool guy who actually lived in NY for 18 years. He opened a bottle of champagne and we all shared it. Then he set us up with dinner reservations at a really great restaurant, where we drank an excellent African pinotage ...

... as the red of the bricks along the stairs. As much as painting was 'fun' (interjected as it was by some tuneful kareoke) the best was yet to come; we got to spend some proper time with the kids. We went out to the playground with them when they had their break and acted as climbing frames for them for at least 20 minutes. At some stage all of us had 2 or even 3 kids attempting to climb on us ...

... four weeks. Not sure about it at first but hopefully it will grown on me. I will mainly be looking after cats and dogs (another polite way of saying cleaning up cat and dog pooh!). For those of you that REALLY know me....... moving swiftly on. Most of the cats and dogs are in for either spaying or neutering. There are some really cute cats and dogs. 1, 2, 3.... AAAhh. I've also had the chance to watch a few operations. Very interesting. First week has gone really quick and I have ...

... story and he's going to replace it for me - no biggy he says. Since the car has been doing the "opera singing" Tristin has not been very anxious to ride in it...wonder why? I've added some new pictures for everyone to see. Some are from our first hike up Lion's Head, aquarium-visit and some others - all that was forgotten on my camera's internal memory. Hope all is well with everyone! Stay in touch because we love your news just as much as you love ours...

... fly, and you'd clap your hands three times, but if he called out something that didn't fly and you clapped, you'd be out. Or, if you didn't clap for something that did fly, you'd also be out. He started with mosquito flies, a fly flies, a butter flies. A lot of us clapped, but we were called out because butter doesn't fly, a butterfly does. We continued on with this for awhile, and they were great ways for all of us to laugh and tease each other. Next was an ...

... people of various backgrounds. Many former District Six residents see this cosmopolitanism as one of the main reasons that it became a target for destruction. The removals were also doubtlessly motivated by the district's beautiful views of the ocean and of Cape Town, and, as the city grew larger, its proximity to the Cape Town city center; all of these factors made it attractive for real estate development aimed at white residents. On 11 February ...