Westin Grand Cape Town

... through Camps Bay area we embark on winding roads to Hout Bay.  This is a working fishing town about 30 minutes from Cape Town.  What a wonderful place.  From there, it was up to Chapman’s Peak Road, which is a toll road (28 Rand) ...

... at the moment. I hope everyone had great a Thanksgiving! I guess our Thanksgiving meal was at the Joberg airport last night waiting for our flight to Cape Town; a club sandwich drenched in some weird ranch sauce and a few castle lights (local beer, ...

... walk over (which we ended up doing A LOT) and get all of the bad news delivered to us face to face.  Interesting, that Cape Town ‘the bad’ still lingers as they keep the office door locked and the Qatar ladies must buzz you in every time ...

... make the semis.  I put the guest relations guy to work to see what he can put together and decide to walk the nearby streets of Cape Town.   Getting reading to go for a walk down the street, I look at my backpack. It emits a smell strong enough that I ...

After canceling my African trip to the Serengeti, I head to Cape Town instead without a hotel scheduled, a rental car or any type of map or agenda on what I will do there.  It is a nice way to travel and I have grown accustomed to having fun getting ...

... passengers, and the bus was very new, not a scratch or flame to be seen. Each passenger had about 4 rows to ourselves. Surely Cape Town doesn't count as Africa? But then I arrived at the civic center and was assured it was Africa by the super friendly ...

Hi all, We have been so lucky with the weather. Many people come to Cape Town hoping to visit Robben Island and hiking up Table Mountain but due to the winds are unable to do so. Robben Island: http://www.robben-island.org.za/ Table Mountain: ...

... I killed an hour or so shopping at the airport before catching my flight to Cape Town.  I'm staying at the Westin Grand Arabella in Cape Town, which is pretty nice if somewhat generic, like every other Westin. Tomorrow, I am going shark cage ...

... fisticuffs 3) Buenos Aires cabbie pulls a currency switcheroo to steal 18 pesos 2) LJ temporarily breaks her father's camera 1) Cape Town mugging Well, hopefully we have all that nonsense behind us. Really, you wouldn't think we were seasoned ...

Our hotel in Cape Town was really nice, another Westin. When we arrived to the airport it was raining, which surprised us. On this trip we haven't had a lot of rain. In fact, the clouds covered the famous view of Table Mountain which presides over Cape ...

We had our Boerewors and Steaks, so breakfast was clearing up what's left in our Cottage fridge. Hand in the keys and buy some Organic Rooibos harvested from the hills above us fine gifts for our friends back home, and not Kilo problem when ...

In a word: amazing. At least, that was my answer to the survey question "what one word would you use to describe your experience today?" I know, I should work on my vocabulary. :45, The long story: I went to Two Oceans Aquarium this morning just for an ...

website: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/preferredguest/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1445 so we checked in close to midnight on the 19th and after speaking to the night manager he upgraded our room so that we are staying on an executive ...

Liebe Freunde des schlechten Blog-Geschmacks. Einige Tage seit dem letzten Eintrag in Paarl sind vergangen, wir haben dennoch viel erlebt, viel mehr als vorher vielleicht. Weingüter haben wir in der Insolvenz begleitet, Top-Restaurants beim ...

the westing grand had great views and was centrally located but it was way overpriced for the service and facility the gym is very nice on the 19th floor, and the location is ok for going for a drive in the day, and going to a seaside restaurant at ...

... June 8: Overnight in Amsterdam. Hotel Asterisk. June 9: KLM 597, Amsterdam (AMS) to Cape Town (CPT), 1020am-955pm. June 9-13: Cape Town. Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel Cape Town. June 13: 1T112, Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB), 6pm-8pm. June ...