The Tulbagh Hotel Cape Town

... in the middle of a shopping mall – and not even one of the places with windows to the outside – literally in the middle – i.e. we sat in the middle of the promenade with stores on either side of us. From where I sat, the inside of Willoughbys was on one side and the South African version of Toys R Us was on the other. Although the sushi was fine, I have to say I couldnt get over the location. We had to go somewhere else for a drink. We wandered ...

... get a couple hours of free internet access, and I began catching up on my blogging while she read. About 45 minutes later, we were both fading quickly and went back for a nap. After all, we had only slept for about 3 hours the night before. I was woken up in the afternoon by a phone call from Justine. She was calling about the Bible study at the girls' school in Rondebosch. I had forgotten that it was Wednesday night! But I was really excited about ...

... expanse with only the mountains towering up above us on either side, as we went through some beautiful mountain passes. Every now and then we would stop and admire the view and the little rivers flowing so far below. By now the sun had come up and we were beginning to feel the first stirrings of hunger pangs.We decided it was time to stop along the way at one of the quaint little places we came across called The Rambling Rose. We had the place to ourselves except ...

... some football, drank some 70% drink called "Little *******" (not recommneded at all!) and played with his wicked little dog called Arusha. A wicked place, probably the best campsite we stayed at and lovely way to finish off. Next day we got to Cape Town but before going our separate ways we got to go to the Cape of Good Hope which was great. It was of course my birthday, thanks to all who sent messages, so in the evening it was a night on the ****. Though we did all go out ...

... Clare and I dashed back. We were disappointed when we arrived at the entrance to Cape Point to find that an entrance fee had been levied. We were so short of time anyway that we decided not to go in and so missed the opportunity to witness the joining of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Instead we all went down to Fisherman's Beach to snorkel. The water was 16degC; cold, but comfortable. We all had a quick snorkel including Tina for whom this was ...

... Shoshana Botnik, a lawyer from Los Angeles who was traveling the world on her own. The ANC (African National Congress) led government is the seventh regime to rule this area since the Dutch East India Company sent up shop in 1652. Unlike their brethren in the Dutch West India Company that settled New Amsterdam (New York), these Dutch wouldn't allow religious freedom, so Jewish settlement didn't really get started until after the early 1800's. After ...

... done it and I wasn't still plumeting towards the bottom of the valley, that was when I got the adrenaline hit...massive. I was elated, standing at the top I must admit I wasn't 'looking forward' to it, but after that first fall I could sit back and enjoy it. The fist bounce is higher than the Victoria Falls, but it was childs-play in comparrison to the initial jump. Eventually coming to a stop, the safety crew returned me to the jump site at the top ...

... a city in Europe. On Long street you could actually see more whites than blacks. After checking into my room I started talking to the helpful staff at my hostel and my head was spinning from the endless tourist options presented to me: Climb Table mountain; visit the wine lands; do a Township tour; travel to the Cape of Good hope; go to Robben Island; shock diving. The list went on and on. I only had a few days and ended up settling on two good options. The first was ...

... door..Daar baalde ik wel enorm van..Ik hoop dat ik snel weer de kans krijg om daar heen te gaan. Zondag ben ik samen met Anneke nog een paar uurtjes naar het strand geweest. Dat was wel even lekker. Een beetje bijgekleurd, ik begin al steeds meer op de inwoners hier te lijken ..hahah! Nou ik hoop dat jullie genieten van mijn foto's. En tot volgende week ( de vakantie komt al steeds dichterbij, nog maar twee weken te gaan WHOEHOE!! )

... after swimming in the pool to cool my sunburn! One of the activities that Katie and I did was make a visit to Robben Island, which is an Alcatraz-like island prison, located just outside the harbor of Cape Town. It had a bit more infamous past than its counterpart in San Francisco though. Besides being used at times to quarantine lepers, house "deranged" persons, and incarcerate lawbreakers, it was used to house political prisoners during the apartheid era. Basically anyone the ...