Blogs from Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 2

Its our second day and we are off. Today we are heading towards Cape of Good Hope National Park. On our way we drove through the quaint town of Simon's Town and noticed a sign for Robots. Jared and I seemed confused by this, as we had no idea what sort of Robot to look for. We quickly realized this is what they call stop lights. AHHH, makes sense. We also saw a ton of warning signs for Baboons. Next thing you know we are on a mission to find the baboons. Apparently South Africa has an issue with baboons and breaking and entering your home to steal your food. So if you are having a picnic be aware of the baboons, unfortunately we have yet to come across them. We finally reached our destination and ... read more

We discovered that being on a night flight and arriving at Cape Town for 8.00am means you're the only flight in the terminal and security and baggage reclaim gets over and done with in 10 minutes - if only all airports were like this ! After navigating the car rentals and the Cape Town rush hour we arrived safely at 52 De Wet Road Bantry Bay. If you wish for opulence in your life look no further than here and if your particularly prescient spouse also arranges a massage on arrival after the 11 hour flight then this is the place. A frustrating low cloud and cold wind meant that we couldn't make it further up Table Mountain than the hotel itself. So instead we drove to the spectacular Hout Bay and Chapmans Peak Drive - ... read more

Well there has been a lot of 'playing tourist' in CapeTown. I have contemplated and meditated while walking the old labyrinth at St George's cathedral, gone to the disturbing museum of slavery and stood on the very southernmost tip of Africa: Cape Point, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet the entire continent sprawling northward above me in all her glory. There have been restaurants that served kudu and springbok, ostrich and of cause the ever popular Smiley or roasted sheep's' head split in two. (Needless to say I had only a brandy to steady my nerves!) There have been costumed little girls dancing for the tourist dollars or more accurately rand and always jokes with the brothers as I barter for some silly trinket ending in a belly laugh, them with my money and everyone ... read more

This Saturday Katie and I signed up to do a full day tour of the Cape Peninsula. It is probably the most popular tour to do when visiting Cape Town, for it is marked as a "can't miss" activity. It was a day filled with gorgeous views of the ocean and the more scenic points of Cape Town. In full honesty, I did get a tad bored of looking at rocks and the ocean, but I was able to cross a lot of points of interest off of my to-do list. We started the day with a quick stop to the neighborhood of BoKaap, which is a small area that is completely made up of extremely colorful houses. I'm talking vibrant versions of all colors! It looked very much like something I would expect from a ... read more

WEST Coast and Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 10 September We picked up our hire car at 9.30am and started our drive down to the Cape of Good Hope and across the Garden Route and back via Route 62. As the day was a bit overcast and we couldn’t see the top of table Mountain, we decided to drive down the Cape of Good Hope. We successfully navigated our way through Cape Town, down to Fish Hoek and then to Simon’s Town for lunch. Simon’s Town has a large naval base which is the largest in SA. We then went onto Boulders Beach near Simon's Town which is known for its colony of African Penguins. They were so cute and flourishing in numbers apparently. We then drove down to Cape of Good Hope and saw ... read more