Thursday 22st March Woke up early again to have a good breakfast. Bacon, eggs, toast, and fresh fruit. The fruit is so tasty in South Africa. The only bad news is the weather! Its cold and rainy outside and we’re picking the Harley Davidson up in 1 hour. Walking down Kloof Nek Road is about a 40 minute walk, did we get drenched! Typical it was 80 degrees yesterday. Must press on as we can’t delay hiring it. After initial wet ride up to Table Mountain, through the clouds, we headed inland on the N3 to the Constantia Wine region [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday 21th March Woke after really good night sleep at 8am. Bed is really comfy which is always good. Today we are climbing Table Mountain and its another beautiful day, very hot. Breakfast at the guesthouse is great and we’re going to need it today. Marli picked us up at 9.30, and we had a quick coffee in the garden before leaving for Table Mountain. We aim to walk up taking the Platteklip Gorge Route up, which was the first ever route up the mountain. The route takes a very steep stepped trail up a 1200 metre ascent. Not knowing [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday 20th March Arrived Cape Town 7.00am. Wonderful flight as it was empty only about 100 people on the Jumbo. Traffic was a nightmare from the airport and it took an hour and thirty minutes. The un-licensed mini cabs are lunatics weaving and cutting up everyone! Caught first views of table mountain, it is magnificent. Arrived at Jardin D’Ebene, fabulous contemporary African guesthouse. Staying here for 4 nights. Walked down from guesthouse to V&A Waterfront. They thought we were mad to walk. It seems like the united states in that nobody walks, everyone drives. Had a couple of be [View Full Entry]

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Well we are almost there, apart from the packing. Its 7.30 on Sunday, we fly tomorrow and Kirsten has still not yet packed. It hasn't really sunk in yet that we are as of tomorrow travelling for 3.5 months. Next posting you will recieve will be from South Africa. Looking forward to cruising the cape on a Harley. M & K [View Full Entry]

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