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Tue, 28 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [418]
Any day that starts with brandy must be a good one, right? Today we were touring the wine regions outside Cape Town on a hop on/hop off style wine bus. We were also joined for the day by one of Amy’s oldest friends, KP and all in all we had a pretty ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [343]
Cape Town City Tours - Hop On/Hop Off busses were the order of the day. We had tickets for the cable carat Table Mountain so the plan was to do some touristy sight-seeing for the day starting from Table Mountain and finishing back there at the end of ... Read more >
Sun, 26 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [489]
Today we went to Robben Island. For those who don’t know, this is where Nelson Mandela and many other political prisoners spent a lot of their prison time. The entire island is now a museum and the only people who currently live there are museum ... Read more >
Sat, 25 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [342]
First stop today was Haute Cabriere, a small winery in the Franschoek wine valley. This place is the home of the Pierre Jourdan range of sparkling wines along with its own range of Pinot Noirs, Ratafia (really sweet pre dinner white) and a Chardonay ... Read more >
Fri, 24 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [344]
Today’s plan was simple, head round the coast road to visit the Cape of Good Hope, maybe making a couple of stops along the way. We’d read that catching the rush hour can add hours to the journey so we waited until after 9 before heading ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [371]
Today was mainly another travelling day. We had some ideas of places we wanted to hit en-route but the main aim was to end up at the flat we have rented for 6 nights at the Strand near Cape Town. As we left Swellendam we initially headed for Bredasdorp ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [383]
Having touched lucky and found accommodation for last night with 3 bedrooms available we had quite a late start this morning. I guess not having to listen to me snoring allowed Travis to actually sleep for once!
Our first port of call was back into ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [308]
Once again we find ourselves on the road. We’re heading down the garden route towards Cape Town and have a couple of days to fill as we please before we are due at the accommodation we have pre-booked for when we get there.
We started the day ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [307]
Having failed spectacularly to make the bungee at Bloukrans by way of collapsing into a gibbering wreck, what better way to pull everything back together than lunch at Marilyn’s 60’s Diner. This fabulous little place in Storms River village ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [322]
This morning I found my limits. During the course of the trip so far I have jumped off the gorge at Vic Falls (3 different ways), been white water rafting down the Zambesi and even done a free falls tandem skydive but this morning I hit my limit. It ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [360]
In theory, after the shark cage trip, I had a full day in Cape Town to myself. Sadly the reality proved very different as I woke on the thursday morning, after a troubled nights sleep, feeling cold and very shivery, despite the fact it was 27 degrees ... Read more >
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Photo Gallery
Cage diving with Marine Dynamics
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Wed, 15 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [310] | Comments [1]
With Amy’s birthday out of the way it was time to pack and head for Cape Town for my shark diving trip. I caught my flight from Lanseria to Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon and then grabbed a shuttle to my hotel which was a whole 400m from the airport.... Read more >
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 12 Jan 2014 | By davidt | Views [159]
So Sunday was a little bit hectic in the morning as we prepped everything for Amy’s birthday lunch. There were lots of tables and chairs to be moved around, chips, dips and condiments to be placed out and the main food to be prepared. Due to an ... Read more >
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