Cape Town Hollow

... eventually about half our plane was just waved through! However we arrived an hour late in Johannesburg and missed our connecting flight to Cape town but the redoubtable Karen got us all booked onto the next flight an hour later. This was no mean feat as ...

... the screen, the mystery diffuses into a fine mist. The very mention of the mystery unmasks it and you're left with the hollow, pale bones of a beauty that you knew once. Maybe. You sacrifice your intimacy with the moment as you grasp at remembering it ...

... stands outside Bertha's. Off to the coach again for our trip home, we went past the new stadium for the World Cup in Cape Town which caused great excitement among some of our group. We had been recommended a fish restaurant in the commercial dock area ...

... van der Stel, this is the oldest town in South Africa and the second formal settlement created after the establishment of Cape Town in 1652.Most of the buildings are painted white and are of Cape-Dutch, Georgian and modern Victorian architecture.There ...

... we are both independent travellers, I understand the need to do your own thing. We had reservations at Mama Africa, my favorite restaurant in Cape Town. We got there early and had to sit by the bar until our table was ready. We made friends with a couple ...

... is a way out and that it is worth going to school. Our first stop was the district Six museum. This was an area of Cape town that was predominantly a black area near to the docks where many of the Black community worked. In 1966 it was declared a whites ...

... African news stories: Radovan Krejcir, a notorious Jo'burg gangster accused of ordering a gangland hit on another shady character in Cape Town, is arrested during a 5am raid on his home. The police conducting the operation are led by a bounty hunter, ...

... it "putt putt") on a course we had seen from our bus tour earlier in the week, down by the sea at Sea Point. Dave beat me hollow by 7 strokes but it was a nice day and it was fun. After that we headed for the V & A Waterfront and had a good wander ...

... it was safe and that my camera would not fall into the Lake. Patrick and the hollow tree After a wobbly, scary trip we arrived at the island safely. Patrick went and ...

So our last day dawned and after final packing we are off to the Spier Vineyard where there is a Cheetah and Raptor Project. We were taken first to visit the Raptors, Eagle Encounters is a bird of prey rehabilitation, education, conservation and ...

... all about the travel. We took a leisurely breakfast at Abbey Manor then were picked up an hour early for the transfer back to Cape Town Airport. I think we agree that another day or two in the city would have been preferable, but hey, hindsight is 20:20. ...

... N2 eventually brought me to Heidelberg. Just before town I paused for a large milkshake at a farm shop. Some friendly youths from Cape Town crowded around in disbelief and bewilderment as I told of my trip. After diagnosing me 'bonkers’ they sat ...

... he varied the pitch and everything. Drumming is very big here in South Africa, there are drumming circles and even a Drum Cafe in Cape Town. In the backpackers we stayed in later in the week, we found drums and on Saturday the owners of the backpackers ...

... and the root grows downwards. The tree eventually spreads and strangles the host tree until it dies and rots away, leaving the hollow strangler fig and all it's strange roots standing. We stopped for the night in a place called Mareeba in a ...

... as we had been about 5 mins late.  We were both very disappointed as we had only acted on information given to us by Hog Hollow.  Luckily there was another tour at 12, so we arranged to be back at the tour office for 11.30 and set off back into ...

... , with 2 secret compartments for keeping documents and spices in. Most of these pieces of furniture have hidden drawers and hollow bits behind the paneling, in fact they had to keep coming up with new places of concealment because the thieves got to ...

... Garden Route. We take the short drive to the coastal town of Knysna and our hotel, the charming three-star superior Knysna Hollow Country Estate. The comfortable rooms are all whitewashed and thatched and many overlook the two swimming pools. There is an ...

... waters (PIC). Next, the Grotto, which gave a clear example of how the water carves away at the cliffs to produce a deep curved hollow (PIC). We were able to walk down into the grotto and peer through a cut-out caused by the immense power of the waves ...

... but you always get buyers remorse after! Aw well big diet when I get home. Another easy day tomorrow ending up in Hog Hollow Counrty house then a big drive to the safari the day after. Really looking forward to getting on game drives again and the ...

... road watching tearfully as Cindy, Sarah, Graham and Daniel drove away to catch planes and trains back to London, Cape Town and Mozambique. We could hardly believe that the dreamy Malawian gathering of Converging London clubbers had ended. Abandoned, ...