Blogs from Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 269

We have been playing a fair amount of golf at the mashi course at the River club across the river. It has yielded some trials and tribulations for many of us young and upcoming world golfers. For instance, in one of our first classic battles. Troy the Boy Danforth managed to miss a two foot putt on the eighteenth to take it to over time. Where once again he predictably crumbled under the incessant pressure from Adam and myself. The wind has also been a major factor in the story of the legendary battles that have taken place here between golfers such as 'big hitter' David Bowman, "putting sucks" Danforth, "I don't even know why I play golf" Michael Joseph, "i just hope i make it to the women's tea box"Adam London, "if only it was ... read more

Well other than our harrowing encounter with the guard rail on the N2 Plett was superb. This is what we did. Went to the beach and lay in the sun during the day, went out and drank beers at night. Repeat, repeat, repeat and repeat. Fantastic. It was awesome being there with all of my boys, minus Andrew. Our house was so close to Lookout beach and had a marvelous view of the lagoon as well as the ocean. We got up to some shenanigans as could be expected, some tea bagging and funnels with our beloved Fanie. What a champ. Adam, Dave and myself made some trips to the Deck on the beach and argued over which South African beer is the best, Castle by far. I have to say though, Namibia's Windhoek takes the ... read more

Hello almal I hope everyone one is well. I am fantastic. Cape Town could not be better, even though I am leaving it in about 3 hours for a 3 week safari up north. Cape Town has truly been a fantastic time from what I can piece together. It has been great seeing all the boytjies again. We have certainly hit the clubs and pubs hard since my arrival. And when shots of Jaeger are 75 US cents this spells trouble for anyone in Adam and ours vicinity. I have been staying with my oh pal, Ryan most of the time in Pinelands. What a place Pinelands is, I swear. It has such a tight knit community. Everywhere I go I bump into people who I have not seen in years and the best thing is ... read more

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks. Haven't really been doing much besides enjoying life in beautiful Capetown and doing some touristy things here and there. Beach Hiking Partying with lloyds friends... Eating a lot of really good food Interesting observations and probably some reasons my friend Lloyd is the way he is: They call BBQ's Braais (pronounced Bry) The pronounce Aluminum ALU MINIUM (Alooo Minium) weird) Everyone here has an awesome accent... I really really like South Africa. I wish it were in the USA so I could live here. It's beautiful, the women are amazing, the beaches are white white white, the food is great, and The weather is amazing... Heading to Namibia, Batswana, and Zimbabwe tomorrow for a 3 week overland trip. Can't wait to tell you all about it ... read more

I have had a wonderful week in Cape Town. It was great just to chill out in a comfortable hotel for a few days without having to pitch a tent every day. I stayed at Parliament Hotel in the City Bowl. The hotel was very comfortable, reasonably priced and the staff extremely helpful and friendly. I arrived on a Saturday at lunch time just as everything in Cape Town shuts down for the weekend. The city is like a ghost town at this time and it was a bit eerie particularly as the wind was howling and it was quite cold. But it was a good excuse to do little as I needed the time to chill out, watch TV and write my travel blog. By Tuesday I was ready to explore again so took the ... read more