Southern Sun Cape Town

... This travelogue is from a trip I took to South Africa in the summer of 2008. I flew into Cape Town and met my boyfriend. Together we hit the Southern Coast, then made our way up to Pilanesberg Nation Park and Johannesburg. We flew back to Port Elizabeth ...

... Departure Point: from your Guest house / Hotel Please inform us of the pick up address should you not stay at Cape Town Seamore - Express Guesthouse. Accommodation : at Cape Town Seamore-Express Guest house @ R800-00 per person sharing including ...

Cape Town ...

... the waiting aeroplanes. We managed to leave the airport though and collect our car without any real incident and started the drive to Cape Town. Upon leaving the airport you pass through a few km's of shanty towns lining each side of the motorway, and ...

... 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 a large, clean, generic hotel, though the pool is nice. We had a shower ...

Richard As we trundled into Cape Town on the Saturday morning the sun was shining and we had a great view of Table Mountain and the city spread out beneath. Although finding somewhere to stay had proved a bit tricky - we were arriving on the same ...

... ).  We made it to a lot of the major sites:  District 6 Museum, Company Gardens, Waterfront and Botanical Gardens.  Cape Town is very similar to any waterfront town in the states, like Seattle.  Very developed, you can get just about ...

... of the line when we took off in the morning at 6am with our heads wrapped in cotton scarves and the sun rising over Lalibela. Cape Town had eluded my sights until we crested the hill. My preconceived notions were modernity and accessibility, pretty ...

... 30 minutes I was on my way to Cape Town, half an hour ahead of schedule! It was a hot and sultry evening on arrival at Cape Town. I headed for the baggage claim and because my cases must have been the last to be loaded they were first onto the carousel ...

... be another part in a few days! also a part i forgot here but don't have time to add because i'm on a time limit) Portage to Cape Town: Not much exciting happened on this portage so I'll just sum it up in a small paragraph. I went to classes (see ...

... I could go on and on about how awesome Cape Town is. ·         Driving around the Cape Town area, I noticed the first signs of the World Cup: THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION EVERYWHERE. Many of the main highways were being ...

... for a drive to the V&A waterfront to explore and took a ferris wheel ride to check out the city views.  Driving in Cape Town is certainly an experience and there were a few moments when I wanted to whack Marc with the map and I’m sure he ...

... ahead - should be interesting! Back to Sunday then - we headed off to Boschendal Manor in the Wine-growing area north of Cape Town to enjoy a lunchtime picnic with our friends (Paul, Adell and their daughters Kirsty and Jemma). Beautiful setting for ...

... my partner Henk did a climb called Jacobs Ladder.  A beautiful climb in a spectacular setting...overlooking the beaches near Cape Town.  After three VERY ennjoyable pitches of chickenheads and cracks, we arrived at the summit of Table ...

I arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on January 15th after a nice visit home for the holidays.  Cape Town is located near the southern tip of Africa and is known as being one of the more open minded, progressive and relaxed cities in ...

... will be short because I am at an internet cafe, on monday I should be able to post something longer from the university of cape town, where they have a wireless connection. My students are pretty great. They like to go to the beach, talk about movies, ...

... was Kirstenbosch Gardens, named after the Dutch settlers that landed here in the 18th century. Its essentially like the Botanical Gardens of Cape Town. Very pretty place with lots of nice plants, walks, and GUINEA FOWL. Which were alright. On from there ...

SUNSET IN SEA POINT, CAPE TOWNGreetings from Cape Town!  We have been here for two days.  The "why did you make us leave in 2000?" question is coming at me from all members of my family.  Even Tallulah, who wasn't born when we moved back to the U.S., ...

... Nicola. Drove up from CT via scenic route through Gordon's Bay, stopped on cliff top where watched with hundreds of others, 6 Southern Right Whales performing in the sea below, oohs and aahs were reminiscent of New Year's Eve firework display. Further ...

... to go into the Victoria Centre to eat again at our now all time favourite  sushi resturant - Willoughby  & co. Love the Rainbow Re -loaded rolls!!!! Home for bubble bath & to crash. Love Cape Town !!!       ...

... .... but it goes straight through the "Cape Town Flats", the huge, sprawling, very poor, and intensely crime ridden townships east of Cape Town and surrounding the airport.  So we biked on the N1. This is like arriving in Seattle by biking I5.  ...