Holiday Inn Cape Town

... so fast . What would have cost 120 - 130 R cost us 250 rand. I should have just taken the shuttle. We arrived at Holiday Inn Express and being a Platinum and diehard Holiday Inn member, it felt good checking in. I am nervous and scared as ...

... restaurant that we put at the top of our "best of" list while traveling. Stellenbosch was the final stop before returning to Cape Town-which is our final destination before flying back to Buenos Aires and then soon after, home. Originally we planned on ...

Today we flew from Nelspruit to Cape Town. We arrived around 5:00 pm. We just took an easy and walked around town and had dinner. So far from what I can see Cape Town is beautiful. The peopl here are crazy about futbol. Right now here in Cape Town ...

... same bus 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 ...

... stop was Camps Bay and Chapman's Peak which were spectacular views of Hout Bay. These views really gave you a grasp of all that Cape Town had to offer. From there we moved on through Simons Town and onto Penguin Beach. The penguins were too cute and ...

... a slight citrus flavor that was fantastic. We started our wine tour at 10:00 am (drinking that is) and finished our last tasting about 4:30 pm, so it was long day of vino. So far Cape Town is beautiful in every facet. I would love to live here! Luvs, ...

... some fashion. They harnessed me in and I repelled down the cliff ahead of this guy from VA. I swear there are more Americans in Cape Town than natives, though several used to be natives. We talked on our 20+min hike back up and he was in the Air Force ...

... with impressive views of ocean and mountains.  Wilco lets us stop at False Bay for some pictures before our final push to Cape Town.  After False Bay I fall asleep, only to wake to miles and miles of shantytowns.  Caran who is sitting ...

... that evening Cape Town was run ragged with bomb threats, but luckily no actual violence. We decided not to go out though. The Holiday Inn only has a couple overpriced items on their room service menu, and won't do take out from their restaurant, so we ...

... on the fan walk and the concierge assure me that it was quite safe to walk as there were plenty of fans.Getting comfortable with Cape Town clarissa and I then went down to Jewel for the a satifying chinese meal - fried noodle and hot and sour soup  ...

... and is closer to home in terms of creature comforts, especially after three months of quite hard core travelling! Having arrived in Cape Town from Windhoek we were really looking forward to enjoying five days in Camps Bay for a little bit of extra luxury ...

Today we did the Shark excursion and went to Seal Island. It was phenomenal, but I do have some bad news. I didn't get the pictures I expected to get! Evidently it isn't as common as we thought for a Great White to jump out of the water. The Great Whites ...

... my email, facebook and trying to write out and entry for travel pod. finally its 6.30 pm - breakfast looks great. This Holiday Inn Express serves bacon and scrambled eggs. We had a great breakfast and then start walking along Adderly Street. Now this ...

... for crimes against the state in 1962.  He spent more than 27 years in prison, many of them at Robben Island next to Cape Town (like Alcatraz and San Francisco).  He was released in 1990 and, in 1993, he and Prime Minister de Klerk were jointly ...

... who took a tour out of Cape Town for R500, although they seem to come a bit cheaper out of Stellenbosch).  The weather in Cape Town was cold and dreary drizzle, so we decided that we might as well go have some wine, since that wouldn't entail being ...

... Town to Mossel Bay. Since it's a long drive, nearly 5 hours, I decided to get up and get ready. Breakfast again at the Holiday Inn express with its bacon and eggs are great. The boys got in late yesterday night and they gushed about the game. They had ...

... stayed in the Protea, which is a South African chain with hotels in virtually every city.  At first it looked somewhat like a Holiday Inn, but our room ended up being a really cool duplex with additional beds in a lofted area.  Mossel Bay is a ...

... all over Africa and in other countries like Afghanistan, Kosovo, and the Philippines. Evening entertainment took place in the Holiday Inn bar where we learned the traditional Afghan wedding dance and peoples thoughts on free markets /democracy. I must ...