After 3 years of exploring opposite sides of the world, mine and Fidelma's travel plans finally coincided. Friends reunited, and where better than South Africa?! We left Cape Town sadly, but also excitedly, as we headed off to the Wild Coast on a surprisingly good bus service. 20 hours later we arrived at Coffee Bay, a beautiful little place dotted with round Xhosa huts along the stunning and rather, well, wild, coast. Crashing waves, rocky cliffs, mountains, wi...

My introduction to South Africa was "You've missed the train to Cape Town, the next train leaves in 2 days", followed by a 27 hour bus journey which included 6 hours on the side of the road next to our broken down vehicle, in a beautiful spot, but with only a handful of peanuts and a few biscuits to eat in 24 hours. After that rather enjoyable, typically African, journey, I arrived in the very European city of Cape Town. Cape town has quaint seaside cafes, baker...