http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , South Africa , Western Cape , Cape of Good Hope en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:02 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:02 +0000 This district was made of mainly ex slaves and a few white and indian people. After the removal of so many people and with the change over of the government they dedicated a museum to al the families that lived there. This museum has pictures street name plaques books and so much more of the people and the community that lived there. They also have toursof the actual site but that must be book http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-751522.html CAPE TOWN is one of my favorite cities in the world. ltstrong stylemargin 0px padding 0px border 0px outline 0pxgtTable Mountain is the most important landmark of the city standing right in the heart of it surrounded by patches of forests and beaches. From the top of Table Mountain were drinking in a 360degree panorama of the City Bowl and bay area. This is after all 1086 me http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-751429.html 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 can39t 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 p http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-751353.html On one of our days in Cape Town we rented a car which we would be using to head east and went on a drive down towards the Cape of Good Hope. Like most of our days in Cape Town we were blessed with good weather which is a bit unusual at this time of year. Although it was quite windy.This drive first took us to Hout Bay which we drove past but stopped to take some pictures of the view. We then http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-750321.html WEST Coast and Cape of Good Hope South Africa 10 SeptemberWe 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 couldnt 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 an http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-749016.html Cape Town really seems like a sister city to San Francisco the weather cold water great white shark breeding grounds prison AlcatrazRobbenIsland wine country within an hour from the city etc etc.Today Owen took us on a private tour of the cape. We went to Cape Point Bantry Bay into Clifton Maiden Cover in Camps Bay and stopped for pictures. He then drove us through Hout Bay where he sai http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-747936.html So I have only been on a few international trips and each time I am certain that I can beat jetlag. I literally convince myself that its a mind over matter thing If I believe that I wont get jetlag I will make it so. So far no such luck. On my second night I was widewidewide awake at about 230 am. I wasnt able to go back to sleep until about 530. Because of this I had a lazy http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-739144.html With our trip well and truly winding down we both felt the need to relax and to let the body recover from the hard hits that Africa has given us. But of course as soon as we done this we opened ourselves to let some little bug in and that is exactly what happened. For the latter part of Cape Town and its surroundings we both felt under the weather which not the best way to finish the trip was.It a http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-731538.html Nach einen leckeren Frhstck haben wir uns auf zum Kap gemacht. Bereits nach einer guten Stunde erreichten wir Kalk Bay wo wir unsere Sachen bei einer wunderschnen Unterkunft mit Meerblick lieen.Von dort aus fuhren wir entlang der Kste Richtung Kap der guten Hoffnung. Auf dem Weg machten wir einen kurzen Stopp bei einer PinguinKolonie am Strand die gerade ihren Jungen dort grozogen u http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-682627.html Thursday39s start included a very early morning work session with the CSR team where I was able to share the emotional township tour. Since this group is shaping the charitable arm of our organization it was decided that we should start by leaving a legacy right in Cape Town. More to come on that.Thursday was a full day booked on large coaches for a tour of the country side and southern coas http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-681716.html Tuesday April 12th 2011Atlantic Ocean off the Western Cape of South AfricaLatitude 33 degrees 38 minutes south Longitude 18 degrees 07 minutes eastWe have left Cape Town and what a glorious two days we have experienced. The scenic beauty of this city is rivaled only by places like Vancouver San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro. Table Mountain forms a stunning backdrop for this protected harbo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-593979.html Cape Town Day 2Even though we had been on an organized tour for the past 45 days we decided to book an organized tour for one more day in order to see the Cape Peninsula and visit the most southwesterly point of Africa. Some of our group opted to visit Table Mountain. However it was a terrifically windy day and the cable car up the mountain was closed for the day. It turns out that we chose the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-542164.html Hello AfricaI arrived safely and relatively rested after my 24 hour Emerites journey. It was a thrill to fly with a full service airline after all those AirAsia flights. The free socks eye mask toothbrush and hearty meals including wine were not wasted on meeverything went to plan and I checked into my backpacker's with ease. The next morning after breakfast I decided to use the Hop On Ho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-535950.html CapetownArriving in Capetown was like arriving in another country a complete contrast to what we had seen so far. As Rovos had prearranged our transport to our accomodation we were still living in a somewhat rarified existence.Our apartment for the next 4 days Leisure Bay was 15 minutes north right on the coast. Gee it was good to see water clear clean Atlantic Ocean. A bowl of soup for http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-531098.html Scenic Cape PeninsulaWednesday August 18 we have a fullday 140mile roundtrip to Cape Point at the southern tip of the peninsula and although it rains off and on all day its amazing. On the way south we follow the western coast.Sealcovered isletsAt Hout Bay we opt to take a boat out to see a seal colony. Great experience even though the boat is tossed around by ferocious waves and it lo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-529397.html July 8thTime does fly when youre having a good time doesnt it Its been nearly a month now since I took the time to write about my travels and the guilt is starting to set in. Ill do my best to recall the events that happened on the 8th of July 2010.The night before I had made plans with Nicio Fabio and Lucas to head with them to Cape Point also known as the Cape of Good Hope. Th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-524171.html just a little pic http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-521818.html TWO POSTS IN ONEWhat a wild week it has been since we left Durban. We drove the first day about 100 kilometers to a town called Umzumbe. It was a bit harrowing as we left Durban with more than tank of gas but on our approach to Umzumbe we were below the empty line with the fuel needed indicator on. To complicate matters people couldnt understand when we asked for the nearest fuel station. O http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-515227.html Off to Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope today. We thought we would pop into Boulders Beach to see the penguins on route. We headed south and stopped at various viewing points to look at the sea. At one stop we spotted a very large fishmammal in the sea. It didnt look or move anything like the whales we saw at Hermanus but we do know it had a very large fin and was quite a size. We honestly co http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-512963.html About an hour away is the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. It was a short afternoon adventure after Woodstock. We drove there all along the coast on this toll road which passes by Chapmans Peak. SO beautiful. This place is really magical. On the toll road we went through a half tunnel that was blown out of the rock. You will see pictures it was super neat. This is the western most part of Sou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Cape-of-Good-Hope/blog-506493.html