Arriving in Cape Town, we saw the sea again after 11 days of travelling in various countries, all inland. Cape Town is really beautiful, the V & A Waterfront is cool with all its restaurants and picturesque old buildings, and Table Mountain looming above the town is spectacular. Our hotel, Hippo Boutique Hotel, is just off Kloof/Long Street, both packed with restaurants and eateries, the Kloof Street end being a little more upmarket with the Long Street end packed with restaurants but also pubs and backpackers. Cool area. Takes about 20-30 mins to walk to V & A. We managed to catch "Black Diamond" yesterday since we missed it at the movies at home and movies here are cheap! Awesome movie, highly recommended, but before a trip right through Africa..... mmmm lol ;-) Today we went
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