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End of tour!!
Drove 10 hours to Cape Town and the end of the tour. We had a group meal and the following morning said goodbye to all our amazing new friends.
Hired a car with Tony and Nicole and drove to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. **** weather. Visited the penguins too which was ...
Exploration
(I will catch up on my last couple of entries in Bloemfontein soon.) I slept until 9:30 am - almost 10 hours of sleep - I guess I needed it after the long two weeks in Bloemfontein. I met Hakim from NYC in the kitchen over coffee, sat in at dining room table and met Christianna and Christine (who thankfully lent me her plug converter because she was leaving today) a few minutes later. They all have been in South Africa for a conference in Stellanbosch and came down ...
Hakuna Matata
... in one of the rooms and we all had to evacuate the building. Was a cold morning and had to wait for about 45 mins before we could go in. During that time a woman was walking by and looked around at the 3 fire engines and asked me if there was a fire. I nodded whilst I slowly backed away while ensuring eye contact wasn't broken. Got into my comfy bed and got up around 11. Then went on a hop on hop off bus to see the whole city. Got off at a Jewish Museum where ...
On top of the mountain "looking out o'er creation"
... was such fun seeing them really close up. We couldn’t get down to the beach as it is all regulated now and closes at 5 but we did manage to out our toes in the sea further along – a bit late for the swim we had planned. My camera battery had given up exhausted but being the techno whizz I am I was able to use my phone to take tose last few photos. We finally arrived home at 7 30 – grateful that we had picked up a quiche for dinner. Magical day! ...
Week 43 – Cruising In Cape Town!
... 30 minute ferry across the Atlantic and if you think Cape Town is windy, just make your way to Robben Island for some real wind. The tour consisted of two parts; a guided bus tour of the island and then a guided tour of the prison block itself. The tour guides are all ex-prisoners of Robben Island and it was heart wrenching hearing some of their stories of how they were treated. Although only a few kilometers from the shores of mainland South Africa, the few that tried ...