I’m rather embarrassed to say, but Hubby and I are the last to dismantle our tent this morning. Today we have a really early start because we are traveling a long distance to get to Orange River ,South Africa. I am up at 5am and have a nice warm shower before clearing out the tent and taking it down in the dark. I seem to have misplaced my flashlight …
At seven in the morning we dragged our bags from our apartment to the Nomad Tours office. Thank goodness it was only a block and a half away because the bags ( especially mine) are really heavy. I forgot to mention, our Cape Town apartment was lovely. We found it on Airbnb. It was right in the centre of things, two bedrooms, very clean, freshly renovated, well equipped and …
Our final day in Cape Town was fabulous. The weather was clear and sunny as we wound our way through the wine area; Constantia. We next checked out a really cute beach town called Muizenberg. There was a surfing competition going on and in other parts of the beach, people of all ages were having surfing lessons or perfecting their skills. Bright rows of little wooden beach huts lined …
Read moreThings almost got Ugly with an Ostrich on our Last Day in Cape Town
Cape Town and I had a rough start our first night with the whole problem of finding medical help, traffic jams, and scary homeless people on the streets at night. It is truly sad. I am certain that some of these street people may be mentally disabled and left to fend for themselves. Crime rates are high here. Private security guards are plentiful. Every decent restaurant has a strong …