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 ...