The Tulbagh Hotel Cape Town

... so the sea is calm below, it's supposed to be warm water, but I don't fancy falling in. You can't walk right to the point, but it's pretty close. You can look
down and see the two oceans meet.


We walk back and ride the railway down to the car park. There is a path to walk to the Cape of Good Hope, but it's a long walk and it's 3pm already so we drive there instead. When we get there there is a coach full of Chinese tourists so we ...

... who works at the hostel(she was really pretty) to go to a township area and play football with some kids there. that was really cool as these kids were like machines and just kept running and running, though they were pretty dirty and kept fouling each other, apparently the kids were from different parts of the town so did not get on that well hence a lot of fouls, but it was all good fun, though i was dead after that as played for like hour and half nonstop! Went out ...

... House, the oldest house in the town which has been restored and opened as a life-style museum. In 1853 22 year old Pieter Joubert was sent by his father to build the house for the family. I guess I those days one didn't need a degree in bricklaying, he appears to have a made a good job of the build as it is still standing today despite being badly damaged by floods in 1981. It was interesting to see how the early settlers lived, the Joubert family were ...

... strangers are so friendly. Last weekend Orla and I took Ryan, the youngest son in the family, out for a ride around the block with his scooter. He pointed to his friends house and we rang the intercom. The parents opened the gate and invited us in for tea without even asking who we were! Of course they knew Ryan but still! Two hours and 3 cups wonderful local Rooibus tea later, we were like old friends. While the kids played on the trampoline in the backyard, we ...

... my DS, and things from my Gramae and from my cousins in Nashville. I love Christmas! After we opened presents, we went down to the the beach to boogie board and make sand castles. Then we came back to the house and hung out. We met a family from London who live on the road where we are staying and they have a son my age named Winston. In the afternoon, his family and all of us went for a hike to Sandy Bay, then played on the sand dunes and had a great time. It was a really fun ...

... Was great to hear all sorts of stories about Cameron's family - the african side.....very cool! The next day we met up with our tour group and jumped in a brand new, shiny shiny, bright yellow overland truck. Talk about inconspicuous - NOT! We drove up to Citradel, a beautiful orange growing area where we camped our first night - and were suddenly surprised with how bitterly cold africa really is and how miserably deficient my ...

... views over the whole city and across the bay. The weather has been very good mostly hot and sunny not like Sheffield. We are picking up our camper van tomorrow and heading off on Saturday for Citrusdal which is in the Cederburg mountains. Hope you enjoy the pics especially Alan... eat your heart out!

... was, while we were eating, one of the waiters was taking an order from another table and he yelled into the kitchen: "Chef, do we have any Warthog left?" I chuckled because only in Africa would you hear that in a restaurant. I tried to convince Steve to try the Warthog ribs but he wasn't biting. This place had some other exotic meats like Ostrich and Springbok as well.

... If we wanted to stay, which we did, and eat brownies and almond tortes, we could do that too. He just facilitated us and got us where we needed to be, and I loved that. We didn't have to worry about transportation but I didn't at all feel rushed or herded around. After the wonderful meal, we all felt better having sustenance to soak up the wine, but we had a forty-five minute drive out of Stellenbosch back to Cape Town and out again to the final winery in ...

... picnicking spot and starting point for walking and hiking on Devil's Peak. Around the memorial are groves of oaks and stone pines, and alien fallow deer used to live in the area, although they are now being eliminated. Below the memorial is a game enclosure where eland, zebra and wildebeest are kept. Rhodes Memorial is not generally used for events but does host occasional performances, an annual Easter sunrise service, and is often used as a ...