Finally saw Frodo the cat this morning. He came to the window while I was showering. He loved the mouse toy so at least that wasn’t a wasted thing to bring. The drive to Sossuvlei on over gravel roads, I think that’s what most of the roads in Namibia are. We stop to take some [...]
4:30 in the morning is early. Who picked these crazy flight times? Oh wait, that was me. Quick shower, throw everything in the bag and I’m off to the airport. The flight to Windhoek had about 25 people on it. Arrive and as we’re driving to Windhoek – the airport is over 25 miles out [...]
Today was museum day, which turned out to be good since most of them were free. It’s Heritage Day, whatever that is. Took in the Bo Kaap museum followed by the Castle. The Castle is huge but they haven’t done much with it. You can walk around the walls and look at the city and [...]
There were 4 prisons on Robben Island (although he told us this he only went into detail about 3 so I’m not sure if 4 is correct). Maximum Security was for political prisoners. Until the 90’s they were actually categorized as terrorists. Medium Security was for the worst of the worst, the murderers, robbers, rapists. [...]
At first I couldn’t remember what I did today. Then I looked at my photos and though “how the hell did you forget that?” We hiked up the Gorge to the top of Table Mountain this morning. Started out and the sky was clear and blue. Halfway up the clouds started coming in. We all [...]
Holy cow, what a jam packed day. I’m going to describe it in pictures. In Simon’s Town we stop in Jubilee Square so we can see the statue of Able Seaman Just Nuisance, a Great Dane. During WWII this dog was the much-loved mascot of British sailors based here. He was actually enrolled in the [...]
An early start, we’re driving almost 500km today and will arrive in Cape Town by the time the day is over. Woohoo! First stop, Ronnie’s Sex Shop. It’s actually a little coffee shop with a bar where people have left just about everything – bra’s, hats, shirts, you name it it’s hanging from the ceiling. [...]
On the road again… We leave Storms River and shortly thereafter turn off the main road. I’m wondering where in the world we’re going when I see signs for bungy jumping. From the highest bridge in the world. Well the highest bridge that you can bungy off of, probably not the highest bridge in the [...]
Did an “easy” (at least that’s what we were told) hike to a waterfall. If you consider rock scrambling and thinking you’re going to fall to your death easy then this is the walk for you. Not sure if I’m glad I did it but I’d have been pissed if I hadn’t because, you know, [...]
Short drive (four hours) from Addo to Tsitsikamma. As we got closer to Port Elizabeth the scenery changed completely. It’s now green, gorgeous and lush. There’s a reason it’s called the Garden Route. After a run to the store I did laundry (first time and I’m almost three weeks into the trip) and watched the [...]
