As we type our latest update to you all, we've realised that we have now moved into our third week away. Before = holiday; Now = travelling. Days in: 16 Beds slept in: 7 (8 if you count tonight's) Average time waiting for our Baz Bus (supposed "hop-on-hop-off convenient travel"): 3 hours Average Baz Bus journey time: 1 hour South African chocolate bars sampled: Many! Yum State of tans: Tentative, to say the least Missing most: Tetley's tea bags (and you, ...

The city of Cape Town has brought us many Cs these past few days; first stop, the city's Minstrel Carnival; second stop, Test Cricket at Newlands; third stop, Camps Bay's social hotspot (and celeb-hangout) Caprice. It's a country full of complexity and paradox, where history, tradition and past hurts colour the hopeful and dynamic (if slightly hectic) present. In just 7 days we feel privileged to have seen some fascinating extremes. On the 2nd Jan, we headed to ...

Dear family & friends, hello from Cape Town! We finally made it. And what a way to start 2012. So, the question is, what to tell you? It seems that so much has already happened... and it's only been THREE days. So we'll do our best to share some highlights, but please bear with us as we get to grips with the backpacker-blogger-way. The flight down was a relative breeze. The long-haul, in-flight entertainment included 5 films, 4 sitcoms and 4 meals between ...

'Tis the night before departing. The memory card is going in the camera, the factor 50 is raring to go, boarding passes are printed, plane seats are bagged by the window for a perfect view of sunrise over Table Mountain on Friday morning. We've even got a blog set up. We must be ready to go. And after many tears and a few too many leaving dos later, it's about bloomin' time! Bon Voyage merry friends and family, this is where we will be updating you all with ou...