After a couple of coastal stops, Mossel Bay was great fun. We stayed in a converted train which was hilarious, but actually awesome as was right on the beach and cute and comfy!
Kelly and I took the opportunity to go sand boarding. This was something I have always wanted to do and was planning on getting into in the Middle East (how things can change, ha!). It was absolutely beautiful. We went to a private reserve and had gorgeous views of dunes and coast.
We started off on our bottoms, like going down a slide! I was, as always scared! I didn't want to polish up my board with wax but peer pressure made me! And it was well worth it!
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| This was a race...and amazingly, I am winning! |
Our next stop was Cape Town! I was worried that my expectations were too high....let's just say, Cape Town more than delivered. When everyone says how awesome it is, they are right.
We started off with a trip to Robben Island. Well, as if you couldn't love Nelson more......
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| Entrance |
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| Nelson's cell |
The trip was harrowing. After learning a lot in Jo'burg about various political prisoners and the undignified treatment and torture that they were subjected to, Robben Island was again a fascinating but very sad experience. An ex political prisoner gave us a tour and told us a few stories, but his focus was very much on today and the future of SA as opposed to dwelling on the injustice of the past. Seeing a couple of penguins waddling around was very cool and lifted all our moods.
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| A courtyard (the cross I lined up, but it seemed fitting) |
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| Views of Table Mountain from the island |
We spent the next few days exploring the city and the surrounding area. The restaurants in Cape Town are great and we kept returning to a certain food market which was a huge favourite with us 3 girls! As always in SA, we met some v interesting characters. The taxi driver who took us to City Hall below, described it as a car park....we persisted in going, and when we saw it, loved it! It's where Nelson gave his first speech as a free man and is very impressive.
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| V&A Waterfront |
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| Nobel Square-statues of the 4 South African Nobel Peace Prize winners with amazing Lego statue in the background! |
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| City Hall |
Siana and I did a Cape Tour which was great. The best part was the penguins on Boulder's Bay. Unbelievably sweet, and totally surreal to see them on the beach!
Too Cute!!!!!!!!!
We continued our tour and saw some amazing scenery. South Africa is stunningly beautiful. The mountains and the coast are just gorgeous.We did some cycling and then some walking (my poor foot!) to the Cape of Good Hope....a bit strange really, as not the most Southern or Western part of Africa but still something to see!
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| Siana and I |
Of course, an absolute must in South Africa is to go on a wine tour....... this was fantastic. We went to four vineyards and sampled so much wine, (even a sparkling red, very strange!), cheese and olives, Amazing! I think I went to bed at 8pm that night!
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| View of the valley |
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| Garden in one of the vineyards |
Stellenbosch, is stunning. Very quaint, lots of sweet buildings and surrounded by these gorgeous mountains. It has to be one of the most picturesque drives I've ever done.
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| This is the view everywhere! |
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| Stellenbosch! |
Table Mountain is beautiful. Sadly I was not up to climbing it, so we took the cable car. The views down are gorgeous. David took me up on his motorbike on my last day too which was even more fun! Highly recommended! Was a great prequel to the ostrich braai he and Sarah had planned.
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| Robben Island is on the left in the distance |
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