Garden Court Cape Town

... to town and had a nice (though sleepily incoherent) conversation on the way to the hotel. Our hotel is the Holiday Inn Garden Court on Eastern Blvd. It is inconveniently located halfway between UCT (University of Cape Town) and the city center. It is ...

... the Company's Garden. From the website (http://www.southafrica-travel.net/westcape/cato_03.htm): "The Company's Garden was laid out by Cape Town's founding father Jan van Riebeeck on order of the Dutch-East India Trading Company to secure the ...

... corresponds to the three branches of government--legislative, judicial and executive.  In reality, maybe it's about four capitals.  In Cape Town, is the parliament that has the two houses of the legislature, while the judicial capital is in Bloemfontein ...

... store and gift store we joined the HOHO bus for scenic drive along the costal road circumnavigating table mountain, and the point of Cape Town, which lies between the Indian Ocean on one side and the Atlantic ocean on the other. Much to my delight there ...

... south we came to Hout Bay where we had the option of taking a short boat trip out to Duiker Island to see the famous Cape Fur Seal colony. Unfortunately, it was extremely windy and the sea was looking very choppy so we gave this a miss and carried on ...

... going out for dinner. We flipped on the news though and changed our minds. The previous Friday during Tony Blair's visit to Cape Town there had been a protest march, and the police opened up with rubber bullets. A PAGAD (People against Gangsterism and ...

We landed in Cape Town at around 10pm on Friday the 19th of Feb. Weary from our flight we were taxied to our hotel and intended to head straight for bed. However, the guy at the bar had other ideas and persuaded us to have a nightcap first. A very ...

... made by itīs leaders, it may be some time before the 30% statistic is able to be reduced. Reflections Best Restaurant - Beluga (Cape Town) Best Bar - La Med on a Sunday (Cape Town) Must-do activity - Great White Shark Dive (Gansbaai) Best Town - ...

... 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, ...

... of months after me with different guides. http://www.dansadventure.co.uk/ Particularly read his 1st October 2009 blog Kenya to Cape Town with Acacia Africa. http://www.dansadventure.co.uk/2009/10/01/acacia-africa-kenya-cape-town/ He covers really well: ...

... in from London and met me here. We are to stay in South Africa for another week with the objective to drive along the Garden Route. We went for a walk about Capetown but on a Sunday it is like Auckland - closed! After passing a crew filming, eventually ...

... one to enjoy five weeks of solitude! I spoke with wifey and we agreed that if I could find a reasonably priced flight to Cape Town then I would pay South Africa yet another visit. This decision was further cemented when a good friend of mine asked me to ...

... ‘Sharks’ play. They are the local team and are playing tomorrow in the Curry Cup final against the Western Province team, from Cape Town. Maybe I can watch the game on TV, as I am currently at the airport waiting for a plane to take us to Port ...

... notebook she’d bought with her to do the travel blogs on J). It looked like we could get 6 rooms back at the Garden Court De Waal Hotel in Cape Town, via an Internet booking for 900 Rand B&B a night, so Jon passed that onto Sharon M in the UK ...

... the sea.  What a wonderful day to start the day! The Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains. It lies along the Cape Province's south coast between the Cape Peninsula and the region known ...

... landmark for travellers.  The rock formations and twisted strata indicate turbulent geological processes that span a 1,000-million year history. Cape Town is the fourth largest city in South Africa.  It had been enriched by the Dutch, ...

... is permanently found at the top. We flew on to Johannesburg, arriving (late) at about midnight. We had a reservation at the Holiday Inn Garden Court, but waited an hour for them to pick us up at the airport; it isn't safe to take a taxi from the airport, ...

... comfort. Not only was it packed, but packed full of cringable Australian fans... fortunatly it seems the majority left for Durban, not Cape Town. It took a total of about 5 seconds to get hassled by a local for money upon arrival. Some 'porter' insisted ...