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And then the collection. Not necessarily a huge fan of modern art but I loved this place. Some beautiful/thought provoking/alarming sound and video installations. I should have spent much more time strolling around instead of the dashing around that we did. Next time, and as I kept saying to...

Fri, 23 Aug, Cape Town - Johannesburg Our tour included an airport transfer. It was 12.30 for a 4pm flight 🙁Not having been to CPT we thought maybe it had difficult security so didn’t consider asking to push it back. This gave us a few hours in the morning to do one last thing. We maybe should...

Mandela’s cell was to be honest an anti-climax. A whole bunch of people jostling to take a picture of a small brightly lit room where an incredibly important man not just to Africa, but the world, spent decades remaining calm. It was nearly dark by the time we walked out of the prison block and...

Ticket said to get there at 2.15 for the 3pm departure so we did. At 3.10, after standing in the line for nearly an hour they announced that the ferry was late and would not depart until 4. AL wanted to leave the line but I said no and just sat on the ground, with lots of others (we were inside...

After some ‘discussion’, we walked down into town to take a walking tour with Cape Town free walking tours Free Walking Tours in Cape Town – NEW! Best of Bo Kaap Tour We chose the Apartheid Tour and our guide was Reinette. It was interesting taking this tour and seeing it through the eyes of...

Thu, 22 Aug, Cape Town The group started heading home today. For those who were having breakfast at the same time lots of goodbyes. early morning hotel shots our room 1025 is the two windows to the right of the doors We had originally booked a wine tour for this day but when some last...

Dinner for the whole group (hlos included) was at Gold Home - GOLD Restaurant. One of the group had a major allergy issue that was managed amazingly the whole time, including here, where dinner was a multi course tasting menu. This place could have been a bit of a circus but it was bloody...

Because the trip on the cable car at Table Mountain couldn't happen, Misheck had guaranteed us penguins, and that's what we got at Boulders Beach. Lunch at a Harbourview Restaurant at Simon's Town, well, except for the hlos of course. It was ok, and like everywhere, splitting a bill was no...

The Cape of Good Hope, and lighthouse. I spotted a whale but no-one else did so it couldn't be added to our list. More of the eland and another ostrich had joined the visit to the ocean

Onwards towards the Cape. The sky is clearing! it was cold! beach ostrich finally another new animal to add to our list, Eland

Home stretch :) Wed, 21 Aug, Peninsula tour Breakwater Lodge is across three buildings up above V&A. It was a prison built in 1859 Breakwater Lodge - Wikipedia Our group was mainly in block A with one in block C where the restaurant/bar is located. Breakfast was a huge spread. The trip...

Maybe Cederberg looking at Google Earth?

Everyone was organising dinner as a group but we really needed a night off so we raced out and down to the V&A waterfront, all of a five minute walk. This city is bloody gorgeous but of course is a city for the haves. The have nots just work for the haves then disappear off to the outskirts...

We just strolled around the top of Signal Hill and took lots of pictures, then eventually we drove down to pick bAlt up via what looked to be some very expensive places to live He was here by the sea for 35 minutes waiting for us! World Cup stadium we agree We had two nights at...

We drove through the city and up past Bo-Kaap First stop was supposed to be the cable car station (the cable car was still closed for maintenance) but even the road to the station was also closed. Instead we went straight up Signall Hill. I’m not even sure how the conversation started but...

Mon, 19 Aug, 267 km, short drive down to Cape Town Highlanders was shrouded in fog when we pulled back the curtains and we drove down the highway for at least half an hour in pea soup conditions Beautiful drive down the river valley. We were on the wrong side of the bus so no pictures. So...

We paid for a wine tasting. I can’t actually remember what it cost but it wasn’t much. The wines were, ok, but the host was super cute and the view out to the range gorgeous per bottle prices The moon rise was AMAZING Dinner was a simple but delicious buffet and the fire was roarding...

The wildflowers were just starting to come out and Misheck said give it another couple of weeks and it would be an endless carpet of colour. We drove down a spectacular long and steep pass that gave the most amazing views. Misheck warned everyone that the accommodation at Highlanders...

Lunch was fantastic at https://calvinia.co.za/hantam-huis-restaurant/ This venison (springbok) pie was bloody amazing as was bAlt’s curry Everyone raved about the food afterwards. Well, except for the hlos who sat across the road in the park with their bag of fruit. L came back with...

Sun, 18 Aug, 594 km, a very long drive Mishek had said to some of us that this was his least favourite drive of the trip. On top of it being very long, it was for a lot of it on very straight roads that are boring to drive on. Corrugated was much better to keep the concentration at 100%...