Kathy’s Travels

The Penin Tour through Baz Bus is a definite must. You get to see alot of Cape Town you wouldn’t ordinarily see.

From getting up close and personal with the locals… penguins that is…. To chasing away baboons at your lunch spot. Not forgetting an easy bike ride through the reserve and hike to Cape Point.

The tour guide, Bruce, was full of useful information and random stories…

Starting off with some rather dreary looking weather and trying to wake up participants… side note: a saturday morning after a rugby came always results in a few being… well… a little under the weather. 🙂
But, true to form, wait 5min and the weather in Cape Town will change. We ended with a beautifully sunny day.

I think the top marks go to the delicious chocolate cookies and scrumptious rolls we had for lunch.

All in all, a good day was had….

Well my luck held out and I made it all the way to Cape Town. Was able to initially book till Stellenbosch and then it turned out that not just one but THREE people didn’t show up… so I had a choice of where I wanted to sit.

Arrived at Long Street Backpackers at about 10pm last night and got checked in. (see my last entry for Long Street for rating and info). But as a refresher…. this is a pretty good place. In the heart of the party scene with numerous bars and coffee shops to choose from.

Lola’s just up the street to the left of the backpackers makes a great little cupcake and an excellent iced coffee.

Caravan Cafe… a moroccan style resturant has excellent food for a decent price. Tonight I had the chicken shwarma with vegetables and a glass of mango juice… not only was it healthy and delish’ but it all cost under R35 (less than $6).

Tomorrow morn’ will see me depart on the Baz Bus Peninsula tour… watch this space for a review.

Well…. the baz was late and I let myself be convinced to stay “just one more night”…. now of course there is no space on tonights shuttle. But hopefully I can squeeze on to get to Cape Town….

Evening was great… with a lekker braai (good BBQ)…. and I set fire to my POI chains and played a little. My friend got some great shots of the fire reflecting off the pool….

Today I relaxed with some of the girls…. went into town…. had a swim in the pool and made some of my jewellery….

So the moral of the story is…. sometimes its better to stick to your plans… but then again sometimes good things come at unexpected times….