Blogs from Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 5

So having spent a peaceful night in Stellenbosch it was time to set off for the Cape of Good Hope and Paula and I's last full day together in the car. Breakfast turned into a disaster as the night before I had picked up some bread in the supermarket and that morning we soon learned why it was the only bread left on the shelves as it was as solid and heavy as a rock and after one slice it was settled in the stomach like a layer of cement. Needless to say it was decided that the rest of the loaf could be donated to any other travel who dared eat it! With a rough idea of which way we were heading (which involved driving through the centre of Cape Town we set off). The ... read more

Got there finally after we lost our way, but Denzel was very helpful. Its a huge place, meant for 6 people and am alone here (2 halls, 3 bedrooms, bathrooms with tubs, self katering kitchen n big garden back and front, all for Rs 4380 per night :) Beautiful surroundings, if ever one was to have a place for solitude, this is it. Have got food, alcohol, music n myself for company. No TV. Perfect :)... read more

Cape Point is the south western most point of Africa (its a misnomer that its the southernmost point, actually Cape Aghulas which is 230 km from Cape Town is the southernmost point and that's where Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean meet, but few people go there because there is very little to do there). Cape Point, the more popular of the two is inside the Cape of Good Hope Nature reserve. With the desire of spending time hiking at Cape Point, I booked myself at Elands Cottage (booked online, they won't take the booking of a single person on phone). Little did I know what I was getting myself into What I didn't know (and didn't do enough research on) is Elands Cottage is a completely inaccessible place in the nature reserve, in terms of public ... read more

NAME HERE On Monday August 24th, Jen Tiffany and I rented a car. We decided to see South Africa with our own agenda. Renting the car was one of the hardest things that I did since being in Africa. We set up reservations with one company to get an automatic car and a gps. When the car company picked us up they took us to one location to pay for the gps, then they had to take us to a completely different car rental company to get the car. When we got to the second car rental company they tried to charge a higher price than what was originally quoted, which in the long run was the price we paid. Then when we got the car, the gps was not in it, so we had to ... read more

Well, as per usual it’s taken me awhile to post this blog, in this case though I knew this would be the final one and it was actually a little difficult for me to come to terms with this fact as I really didn’t want the trip to end. (Also I left the SD card with all my photos in the Bodrum Hilton and just got them back!) Having started back in Shanghai in May it took me ten months to make it to the Cape of Good Hope. Along the way I had great adventures and met many interesting and wonderful people…I can’t wait to get out and do the next one! ... read more