Blogs from Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 265

Finally after all the madness of Sydney town, Perth & Cape Town we arrive at this gorgous coastal town called Hermanus & feel ourselves unwind! It is easy to see why Cape Towners come here to chill out on the week ends. The coastline here is amazing. Would love to come back during whale watching season & pull up one of the 100 (seriously) benches they have along the coastal path! There is quite an upmarket & safe vibe here without it being over the top. I was stoked because I managed to drag Deano to the markets, overlooking the beach no less, for a cruise around. Looking at the wares, to the beat off the African drums, it was Deans turn to be stoked when, of all the things, in all the places, a stall ... read more

Sore muscles. Pain. Agony. This is the first day after four of continuous walking/hiking throughout Capetown, and it was time to find an internet cafe "to do the blog". We said goodbye to Peter last week, and had a few days to explore the surroundings of Allison's neighbourhood, Constantia (Nick looked it up in the guidebook and it apparently is one of the posh neighbourhoods-looks like it too with all the big houses). On Peter's recommendation we went to Kirstenbosch Gardens (for all you Vancouverites, it's something like VanDusen Gardens on steroids) for a day. Kirstenbosch is laid out in a fascinating way...plants are grouped together in either family groups or by use (eg. for medicine, food, luck, etc.). One garden was laid out by scent, so we lingered a bit longer there. Kirstenbosch is way ... read more

Well its a very elated Sunday and one week to go till I leave for Bangkok. Today we beat the Aussies in amazing style that I think will go down in history and so South Africa is elated once again and thanks to Graham Smith and the Boys you did a great job!!! Well Barbs please let me know if you get a notification of this update. Dont know if its connecting correctly.... read more

Ok so since I left you... let me think, I cant belive a week goes so quick, ive only got like 50 weeks left :( Right, I Cable cared it up Table mountain, awesome view (spot whos been spending time wiv the yanks!) and crawled all the way across it. But felt after all that a chill on the beach was needed. A tour of the penisular was next and que the first ride, luckily on a bike, mostly downhill but still hard work, our lunch was then stolen by babboons, cheeky monkies :) Stellonbosh was the next stop, finally making a move from the Cape, not far mind. Que the wine tour ummmmmmmmm..... Got my money worth and fairly drunk, picture me at a free bar. Happy Pill. With a spare day we went to ... read more

i have not had computer access for the past weeks..so i am now updating on what has happened. On 6th March Kelly and I flew to Cape Town where we spent just 2 days in disa's mum's house in a beautiful town called Claremont. Her house was right on the beach and was so stunning. I didn't get to see much of Cape Town cos from here we drove 3 hrs to the west coast and holidayed here for a week. The west coast was by far the best place i have been to..beautiful clear skies everyday and sunsets over the ocean. Got to do some diving, but the water is really cold here so thick wet suits were a must. i didn't see any sharks only little sand sharks unfortunately but later on i saw ... read more