Blogs from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 5

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Ask anyone that lives or has ever visited Cape Town what the most popular street in all of Cape Town is, and they will say: "Long Street of cause".The street as everything from stalls to banks, to cafes to old, but like really old english pubs, clothing stores to bars with crazy shooter's specials, and lets not forget the night clubs. The annual Carnival and New Years Eve bash also gets hosted in this street. Many people say Long Street comes alive at night, but from my own personal experience, and by personal experience I mean drinking Chilli Tequilas at Bob's Bar at 11am, resulting in a friend going into the men's toilet instead of ladies, another friend spilling endless amounts of shooters (that we didn't pay for, free drinks, extra friendly people helllooooo), basically crawling ... read more

cape towns most famouse landmark, Table mountain is a not to be missed attraction when visiting this beautifull city,begin your visit by taking a ride in the state of the art cable car with its revolving floor-ensuring you a 360 veiw on the way up an down the mountain.Once on the mountain top there are over 2km of pathway leading you to different vantage point and look-out over cape town, table bay, Robben island the visit to table mountain are highly depend on the weather as the cable car cannot operate in a bad weather, for this reason you should check the weather befor you make any bookings the cable car is the only way to reach the mountain, the mountain is undoubtly also a walkers paradise, and a hikers will enjoy the natural beauty while ... read more

Cape Town 9, 10, 11 September 2012 We had 3 more nights in Cape Town, staying at the Adderly Hotel on Adderly Street which was not far from the Waterfront. The rooms were extremely well appointed, with beautiful fittings, large comfortable bed, large bathroom and kitchen facilities. 9 September – took the hop-on-hop-off bus option to see the general sites of the City, including around their beautiful beaches. That night we went to the Alfred & Victoria Waterfront (known as the A&V Waterfront) for dinner, and caught up with our tour group again. It was good to catch up again as we were all not as tired as our last night on tour, so we reminisced over another beautiful meal. The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, built on top of part of the docks of the Port ... read more

Tom & Pam Usher’s Highlights of the Dubai and Africa Trip from 10 July to 20 September After a 28 hour plane trip home on 18 September, flying via Dubai with a 4 hour stop-over, it’s time to reflect on all our highlights and adventures. Dubai - The rate at which the UAE built the city to its present state - Visiting the highest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa - Dinner and entertainment as well as Sand dune bashing in the desert. - Dhow sunset boat cruise Kenya - Lake Nakura: first siting of White Rhino with baby - Maasi Mara visit to see the Maasi people and see them do their jumping dance - Seeing the Big 5 in their natural habitat in the 1st 2 ½ hours: lions, African buffalo, hippos, white ... read more

Disclaimer: all historical stuff listed here is from our guide, no fact checking has been done. 1949 was the first year of apartheid, today we went on a city and township tour with Owen to learn more about the people and history. When the Dutch came and started settling in Cape Town, the drunken sailors were getting the local females pregnant & leaving a mixed bread that wasnt accepted by the locals so they started to built their houses sharing walls as it's own alarm system if a home were attacked to take the woman all the familes would come to their aid. This is area become where the malay workers from the dutch shipping would live & they brought their colorful styles to the area. There were three classifications: black, colored, and white. To determine ... read more