The Townhouse Hotel Cape Town

Consider this your warning&#8212;this one's a doozy. You might want to break it into a few sittings. But if you last through it all, I think you will have a greater understanding of true life here in the RSA and why I&#8217;m here.<br><br>I have stared poverty in the face, but the returned expression has been inconsistent. Sometimes he has hidden his face in shame. Other times she has mustered up a polite smile and "hello" while unable to hide ...

... dear reader and (possibly) fellow traveller, to this travelog of mine, which I'd like to keep updated while I'm on the road, but I'll have to check what the Internet is like in Namibia I guess. Same can be said for images of the road trip, which, if the ...

... that h** moth** had been unexpectedly admitted to hospital and that she was going to Vancouv** to be with h**, so I made preliminary plans for the week ahead with Eric. The next day I took a taxi along the beautiful coastline to the hotel Eric and I w**e to stay in for the next week, the v**y luxurious Twelve Apostles Hotel. We spent the next week eating in amazing restaurants, shopping and doing a spot of sightseeing. I did manage to visit the Grande Kirk of the Dutch ...

... onveiligheidsgevoel heerst in Kaapstad. Alle huizen zijn afgemaakt met hekken en prikkeldraad... Sinds gisteren begrijpen we ook waarom dit zo is. Zelf proberen we er dan maar niet te veel als toeristen uit te zien, zodat ze ons niet gaan overvallen... In Kaapstad wandelen we eerst even richting Green Point. In deze regio wordt momenteel een nieuw voetbalstadion gebouwd voor het WK voetbal 2010 dat in ...

... a lot of involvement in the Slave trade and a lot of spices in the past. We had a look round the old slave market and saw the preserved rooms underground of where they used to keep the slaves and mistreat them. It was very haunting experience but well worth it and the guide was fantastic. In the evening we saw the night market where the sell lots of souvenirs and have lines of stalls cooking fresh fish and vegetables. We decided to try the prawns and ...

... door in the plane closed. It was soooo tiny and looked like it was being held together by duct tape. The guy who I was strapped to kept telling me how high we were and when we were at 2000 ft. it seemed so high, yet we were not even CLOSE to getting to the final height. We eventually got to 9000 feet and the door FLEW open and the wind was ridiculous. I basically flipped out but I had little choice. I had to accept the fact that I wans't getting to the ground unless I ...

... there more funny looking big birds than people, probably, and all the restaurants sell the meat - yummy for me! On the way, we stopped at a couple of wineries in the area to taste some wines and some ports. Hard work this holidaying lark! South Africa has a number of wine regions, Stellenbosch being the largest. At lunch in Barrydale we ate at a very typical local restaurant where I tried, bobotie, a sort of minced beef dish topped off with egg. sounds odd, but it was divine.

... that only really old people wear. The ones that look like a cockpit of a jumbo jet. Obviously the mother and daughter had a lot of important things to say as they spoke loud enough for everyone to hear and it was a big group. However at the Q&amp;A they out did themselves. The main gist of the questions was asking the guide is it difficult to do the job and does it not bring back bad memories. He replied that it is difficult but it's a job that needs to be done. The ...