Ritz Cape Town

... down.  So, it was one foot in front of the other and we reached the peak at 1pm.  There was a beautiful view of Cape Town city while climbing.  The climb wasn’t as bad as I expected and it was a climb of about 700m. When we reached ...

... are lovely but entirely different from Limpopo sunsets, whew.....what else? i know i am forgetting things! met some people from Cape Town, Holland, Wisconsin (yep!)....... lots more to see and do.....hope i get it all in! perhaps i will try again ...

... and did't have a hotel booked so we immediately text them the details and they're coming over too. Excellent. Sooooo Cape Town. Hello wonderful city. Definitely in my top 5 favourite cities... the others being New York, London, Paris, Sydney... ...

... to access when you are on an overland truck camping tour and avoiding towns! Anyway - first stop - Cape Town. We booked a last minute deal at the Ritz and lived it up with amazing smorgasboard breakfast and 180 degree views of the ocean etc! Cape ...

... checking the room first. In the evening after freshning up we took our hotel taxi to reach V&A waterfront to get familiar with Cape town. It was a nice lively place to spend the evening and we even found a good Indian restaurant called jewel of  ...

... of the day wondering around Long St so weren't there much anyway. And that, I think, brings us to the end of Cape Town. Shame to be leaving but will be nice to head north towards warmer weather. I LOVE CAPE TOWN - IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN... GO! ...

... we were leaving for the garden route the next day......after luch we got on N1 to reach century city for canal walk mall-the biggest in Cape town. The day was very windy and v cud feel it more on the highway . For dinner we went to an indian ...

... just wanted to go with the flow but we heard through the grapevine that this had upset those on the truck who were due to arrive in Cape Town that day around 5pm. Word was that it was "Guest List Only" and we had ruffled a few feathers (please, how old ...

Off to Cape Town to have a look ...

Ritz hotel cape town Mold in the bathroom Sent via BlackBerry by ...

... like a snake and poisons like a viper.” Proverbs 23 vs 31-32 Wine Tour through Sellenbosch on the outskirts of Cape Town. Four wineries, cheese, chocolate and lunch in between. The most impressive and famous was The Fairview Winery, known for its ...

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We finally get the car on hire for self drive. It was a nice, almost new Toyota Yaris and driving in Cape town is a driver's delight with all the views and coastline running along . We set off for the peninsula tour through some beaches and ...

... recovering them from tranquilisers. After that having a quick lunch at Steers at waterfront we decided to take a R44 chopper flight to sightsee Cape town and found out the view to be way better than Table mountain . Later in the evening , v got ready ...

... up at the Jewish Museum.  This museum was highly recommended by my seatmate on the flight from Amsterdam, a 50-year resident of Cape Town.  It was dedicated in 2000 by Nelson Mandela.  Most of the Jews came from Lithuania around the turn of ...

... during our time here - it's been sunny more or less every day. However we did experience the ferocious winds that plague Cape Town during the summer months. This wind is known as the "Cape Doctor", a powerful south-easterly wind which clears the ...

... at the Cat & Moose until just before 3:00pm, when we set off for the Mount Nelson Hotel. It is Cape Town's version of the Ritz and we'd made reservations for afternoon tea there earlier in the day. The weather had improved considerably by this time, ...

We are in West Cintsa today. Flew from Cape Town to East London last night. Stayed at a backpackers place right on the beach last night and got our rental car and took off for the wild coast on the eastern cape - of course not before stocking up on ...