We're back
South Africa was excellent, beautiful, hospitable, clean, cheap.....in short we had a fab time and will happily return on holiday again. Despite the obvious challenges faced politically and economically by people, there is a sense of hope and a journey being undertaken.
We did a small tour Cape Town - Coastal Route - Winelands - Cape Town, and didn't do all the things you are meant to, and enjoyed ourselves immensely.
Highlights include
being instrucuted to unbuckle our seatbelts while refuelling at Bujumbura - presumably we could run away faster if the plane blew up!!??
Township tour including a church visit on Sunday, shebeen (pub) and herbalist
whales at Hout Bay and Hermanus - we spent many hours sitting watching and trying to get the perfect "tail shot", but just really enjoyed watching the groups seem to play
Penguins at Boulders and Betty's Baai - stinky and comical.
Franschhoek wine tour - which culminated in a fantastic tasting session ay Lynx, and where I ate the best mussels ever
Belthazar's the largest by the glass wine bar in the world, great vibe, great food - we went once for drinks, and twice more to eat!
stayed at some fab places including The Wild Olive and the Head South Lodge and even went to a backpackers for one night just to determine we are no longer back packer material!
We shopped a l. o. t. even I was defeated in the end! But were mostly succesful in our quests for finding odd items, and I even got a hairstyle!
The only disappointing thing was the weather - it was unseasonably cold, windy and wet, every time we walked on Long street it rained! It cleared up by the Saturday and we got our first glimpse of Table Mountain which had been shrouded in cloud and rain for the previous week.
4 comments:
Everything looks fabulous cant wait to go too!! Hair looks fab, more piccys please..
Whales, penguins wow - cant wait to hear about the shopping.......
Like the hair, looks good. Sicken to see what a wonderful place you have visited. Although it is more on Ron's 'places to visit' than mine - but hey, anywhere is better than this village in Gouderak!!! ( ; >
Sounds like a terrific trip - I'm glad that we at Lynx Wines were able to play a small role in it. Thanks for the mention.
I am so envious!
Perhaps a rendezvous point for us all in future?? :)
Hair looks FAB! More piccies please x
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