Category: Into Africa -November/December 2022
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Drive to Cape of Good Hope and back
A friend recommended driving along the Cape Peninsula so that is what we did. The coastal road heading towards The Cape of Good Hope is stunning. You have to pay a toll when you get to a place called Chapman’s Peak and from there you drive through Hout’s Bay and a few other little seaside…
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Capetown
The botanical gardens came highly recommended, so we decided to make this our first Capetown stop along with a visit to the V&A Waterfront. We also needed to grab a few food supplies too. A 15 minute drive from Camps Bay took us to the botanical gardens car park. So far, I’m very impressed with…
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Arrival in Camps Bay
Camps Bay is a suburb of Capetown, just 15 minutes drive from downtown. It was a toss-up between staying in Camps Bay and the V and A waterfront. We preferred the accommodation in CB so here we are. At first, we thought we’d made a mistake staying here because there was a mix-up with our…
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Into Africa
I have never wanted to go to South Africa. Anything I have ever read or seen about It portrays the country as one giant basket case, full of horrible crimes, corrupt governments and inequality. However S has been very keen to go and everyone I have spoken to (apart from people who have actually lived…
Middle-aged flash packers 