Blogs from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 10

Geo: -33.916, 18.4222Our first day of the organized tours we booked. Headed south to Hout Bay. Over Chapman's Peak drive to Fish Hoek. Continued to Simons Town to see penguins. Called "Jackass" because they sound like donkeys. (You can't everything up!). Then to the Cape. We have now been to both Cape Horn (South America) and now Cape of Good Hope (Africa). Not too many people can claim that. We are very lucky! Stopped at Groot Constantia for a wine tasting on the way home.... read more

Geo: -33.979, 18.5102... read more

It’s been 6 months since I’m back in Curaçao and I’ve been quite busy...and also quite lazy to be honest. Therefore it took SO long to publish this entry. We were in Coffee Bay and got an invitation to stay at a house of Greg’s uncle in Chintsa. We took the Baz Bus and met Greg. We had to walk across the beach towards the house. Nydia had a large suitcase which Greg carried it all the way to the house. It was a though walk with all the luggage but we made it. The house was nicely located with a nice view over the ocean. We had a wonderful two days there with Greg, Alex and Franziska (both Germany) and Hilde (Finland). We ate, drank, danced, chilled at the beach etc. Chintsa itself is a ... read more

Landed in cape town today after a 11 hour direct flight. It is far! I decided to take the bus, so thought I needed to exchange some money. There was a long line at the bank, and it was slow going. They told me they charge a fixed 164 Rand fee for exchange, which was like 4%. Bus was easy to take, though the lady there sold me one trip ticket at extra cost of 35 Rand. So two surprises already. Rest of the trip was fine, easy to find the lodge. It is a nice Lodge iKhaya, with direct view of table mountain. Nice location. The rest of the day I wanted to spend walking around, feeling the new country, new continent. This place though does not feel like it, does not seem to have ... read more

Cape Town is one of the most iconic cities in the world. It's a city in the southern hemisphere on the same latitude as Sydney and Buenos Aires and equivalent to Casablanca and Los Angeles in the northern hemisphere. It lies at the start of a 25 mile peninsula at the extreme South (but west a bit!!) of the African continent. South Africa boasts 11 official languages with English and Afrikaans representing Dutch and English collonisaton sometime back in the 17th century. I'm not too sure if 'boasts' is the correct word to use as India ‘boasts' 1652 mother tongues of which 150 languages are used by a sizable population and even 22 old those are classed as official languages!! In your face South Africa!! (Although you come a very credible second in the ‘who speaks ... read more