Cape Town Lodges - Reviews and Rates

OK, so you’re probably wondering what we thought of Africa in general. It’s hard to put things into perspective really as we did such a lot and haven’t really looked back yet and let it all sink in. But here are the highlights which we haven’t put in an order as such, as they were all special in their own way. GorillaR...

Nachdem ich am Montagmittag meinen Blogeintrag verfasst hatte, verliess ich das Internetcafe und musste feststellen, dass es draussen wie verrueckt regnete. Das erste Mal seit Wochen. Irgendwie waren alle gluecklich ausser ich, denn die naechsten zwei Stunden war ich gezwungen, im Hostel rumzugammeln. Als ich dann die Geduld verlor, entschloss i...

Day 15 - V & A Waterfront For some of us this was to be the highlight of the vacation. Enough said about that right now. Living in Miami we are smart enough not to go to any major metropolis during rush hour. We did leave around 8:30 and went to Gordon's Bay waterfront. They have a great internet café that also serves a wonderful croissant a...

Woke up 6 am, helped myself to some breakfast and Ceres juice which is legit the best juice everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Soooo, Christmas in the heat. Well to be honest, I didn't really do much on Christmas day except go to church in the morning (trilingual service in english, xhosa and afrikaans) and then lie around sleeping and reading. The festivities really kicked off in the evening when an enormous Christmas buffet was set out (cold of course - too warm for h...

Hi folks The last month was one of the most exiting ones in my whole live. I signed on in Rotterdam where we loaded a power plant for south Africa. From there we proceeded to a small port in Irland called Fenit. This one was really an original Irish village with 2 pubs and nothing else. We loaded 2 container gantrys there and I wonder why they p...

Ok, so baboons are actually a REAL problem here in South Africa. And it's not really funny. Yet, it IS funny. (It will remain funny unless they come and mug ME.) So here's my favorite story of the day: http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fS ectionId=269&fArticleId=3147171 Yummmmm, I have a new favorite juice blend that I'm addicted to: papaya, ...

We have a brief stop over so don't get off the plane.