Breakwater Lodge

... Huguenots are impressive, probably rising as high as 3,350 m. (11,500 ft.).  We arrive at our hotel, the Protea Breakwater Lodge, about 5:15 PM.  The hotel was originally a prison, established in 1859 to house long term male convicts who ...

... efficient passport control, been met by our hotel driver and were on the busy N2 driving into the city and the Breakwater Lodge Hotel. The hotel adjoins the University Business School and both share the premises of a very imaginatively converted prison. ...

I made it to South Africa! Being held at the Breakwater Lodge before we can move into our housing on main campus. Sidenote, this hotel is on UCT's Graduate School of Business campus, it's kind of fun to be seeing it. Next post to come with be a ...

... ; These are nautical themed hotels. Very cheap looking but that is represented in the price. The remind me of travel lodges. Breakwater Lodge:- it is connected to breakwater college and was part of old prison. It is going through renovation and will be ...

... and entertainment options to visitors, intermingled with office locations, the Somerset Hospital, hotels (such as the historical Breakwater Lodge - once a 19th century prison) and luxury apartments in the residential marina. It houses the Nelson Mandela ...

... and entertainment options to visitors, intermingled with office locations, the Somerset Hospital, hotels (such as the historical Breakwater Lodge - once a 19th century prison) and luxury apartments in the residential marina. It houses the Nelson Mandela ...

... !  William, the driver of the VIP Magic Bus was entertaining and brought us quickly and efficiently to our hotel - The Breakwater Lodge.  We had a much needed bath, turned on the air conditioning and fell sound asleep.  So - it seems ...

"Set against the majestic Table Mountain, Cape Town offers scenic, historic and cultural attractions. Depart from Breakwater Lodge at 08h00, for a full day peninsula tour. Driving along the Atlantic seaboard via Hout Bay and Chapmans Peak, we visit the ...

... African who was taking off his shirt and doing one-handed push ups. Saturday 12 July This morning was checkout from the Breakwater lodge. Finally! I moved into a "really cozy house" (Ken) on Alma Rd with Ken, he's our student orientation leader ...

... …) and sent around the circle to further stoke the merriment of the occasion! So much stoking later, and the ride to the Breakwater was a shaky one in which I was reminded to buckle my helmet, and had to ask directions for the 100m journey a couple ...

... the place.    We did go out strolling in the harbour, through the marina and along the path on the breakwater that led to Muttonbird Island. The breakwater was built up out of massive concrete blocks that had rusted "handles" (much like ...

... went for a view of the "boulder bank" which involved a slog up to the top of a hill. It is, I'm told, the longest natural breakwater in the world at 12km long (whoever workled this out needs to get out more). Having climbed to the top of this hill it ...

... north of Cairns…. off I went. Two hours later, and after getting a tad lost in the Cairns suburbs, I was sitting on a breakwater at 'Yorkeys Knob' beach, reading a book in the sunshine. Yet another of the many strange place names to add to the ...

... from Ozette were very well preserved because they were protected from oxygen by the mud slide. We had lunch in Collum Bay at the Breakwater, on the water. We went to Realto Beach. To the north it is littered at high tide w/drift wood & trees. This ...

... week. On to the small fishing village of Harrington where we spotted pelicans and walked along by the breakwater admiring the river meeting the sea, incredible looking. Crowdy head had a long deserted beach and lighthouse with views ...

... , sunny morning and we ran down to the end of Town Beach, along the sand, watching the early morning surfers. We followed the breakwater in front of the caravan park, and noticed that it was lined with huge rocks, each of which had been brightly painted ...

... on the site. Initially cargo and passengers were rowed ashore in surfboats from steamers anchored offshore. Once a concrete Mole or breakwater had been built it became possible to use tugs and barges instead. Atlantic Guesthouse Villa: Atlantic Villa is ...

Today we went to Robben Island.  This island is where Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma (current president of SA) and other prisoners were sent during Apartheid.  We had to take about a 30 minute ferry ride across choppy seas to get to the prison on ...

Today was the first day of class in South Africa.  We discussed issues concerning history and  identity in South Africa and more specifically how this is packaged for tourists.  For example, you can take a township tour of Soweto and see ...