Mike (aka Badger) and his family are in town! They are staying at the Twelve Apostles Hotel which is situated in Camps Bay behind Table Mountain. We borrowed Justin's car and drove there to pick him up allowing an hour and a half for traffic. Good job we did! The route we took goes right past the entrance to the cable car to get up the mountain meaning it was very busy. However, it's a really nice drive and the scenery is beautiful. Once over the other si...

Christmas Day we all woke up fairly early. Except Anthony who hadn't managed to get undressed or into bed the night before after going out with Sarah. We had breakfast and opened our presents in the living room with the whole family. We had decided to buy everyone a little present but were not expecting anything in return so it was nice to have some really nice present to open including a new rucksack for our travels and sleeping bags for our overland trip. ...

Christmas Eve was a really chilled day. Sarah and I headed down to Big Bay in the morning to relax at the beach and buy each other a small present in the local shops. Anthony was racing and Terry and Annabel went to watch him but he only had one race in the morning so all three of them joined us in the afternoon. Justin was spending the day with Claudia and her friend who was visiting from England and they also came and joined us later on. Big Bay is a famou...

The route we had planned to Cape Point took us the scenic route via Muizenberg and Simon's Town. It was a very nice day and the sun was shining, we had borrowed Justin's car and made good time getting there just before lunch. The scenery on the way there was stunning with lush mountains on the one side and golden beaches on the other. Some of the villages seemed very English at points. The area of Cape Point itself is actually a National Park and once we ent...

For anyone who hasn't heard of it, Robben Island is a small flat island off the coast of South Africa, visible from Cape Town, which was used both as a prison and leprosy "hospital" since the mid 1600's. It was also where Nelson Mandela was held as a political prisoner for 18 of his 27 years during the apartheid era and is now a World Heritage Site and open to the public as a museum. Robben Island is Dutch for Seal Island. There are many islands all around ...