We are well aware that Cape Town is not exactly untouched by the tourist hand - with this in mind we will keep the list of to do's and to dun's to a minimum! That said lets try to create a picture for you. We are sporting colds - heavy flippin' colds! Our vision of lounging by the pool under uninterrupted blue skies hasn't YET come to fruition. We will have to wait until next week and Namibia for that pleasure. So, here we are in the City Bowl. Balancing caution with paranoia is always tricky at first, though we can now look back and be somewhat pleased that we have not met with any problems thus far. A little Irish lad told us last night that he had been mugged that afternoon in the bus station. So it is going on. There is a sign over our fortified hostel advising against walking certain streets at ANY time of day. We caught this sign four days in and upon inspection of our street map, we realised we are dug in right on the front line! But its not straight forward. One block away is a trendy street with bars and internet cafes. Its all mixed up together. On a more positive note, Sue cooked up a storm in the communal kitchen last night. Ahh, good home cookin'. Phill decided to make instant friends and came out with the quote of the day - 'Hi! Blimey I've never seen so many vegetables in one place'. Wasn't what I meant. You may notice City Seal has made his debut appearance. City Seal is, well, a seal. Donning the blue/yellow colours of his City, City Seal will feature at various landmarks. Back to what you wanna hear about. The hostel is actually very nice. The beer very cheap and we are settling in to the idea of the long holiday that lies ahead. In the words of Nelson Mandela 'freedom is our democratic right and we are going to exercise it.' Now, we all have our crosses to bare. Sue is no different. Sue has issues with those who choose to wear zip off combat trousers. You know the ones. They zip just below the knee to convert from longs to shorts or shorts to longs for that matter. Sue came up for a name for these people, almost always male, who wear them. Tossers. There were many a tosser on our prison excursion today, let me tell you. Amongst our observations we have also discovered Bozos. Bozos are typically couples who 'give it all the large' about travelling, in the communal environs of the backpacker hostel. Scratch a little deeper, you will find they have only days left of a 3 week holiday. Overstretched financially and, more often than not, German. Keep a note of our vocab as it will alter continuously. Miss a couple of installments at your peril. Right then, we have seen the sights of Table Bay, visited the penguins, raced to the Cape and sampled the local beer. Its time to move on. Tomorrow we head for Hermanus. Word is the whales are in town.