Laurel here… Both flights went really well today… South African Airlines planes are great… spacious and on time. We arrived in Cape Town to be met by the transfer fellow from our hotel. While the plan had been to go up to Table Mountain this afternoon/evening, the weather wasn't brilliant so instead Judy and I attacked the laundry (which was much needed) and we just sorted ourselves out. Later we headed into the V & A Waterfront for a quick look round...

Wow what a start to the holiday after leaving Melbourne at 6.45am and heading for Johannesburg from Sydney at 9.50am we flew south and at around 4.30pm we were flying over the South Pole and saw Antarctica at 33,000ft -60C deg which looked amazing, huge fissures in the ice and clear of cloud, which the crew said was unusual, so another tick on the "bucket list". We arrived at our hotel at Jo'burg airport to a complimentary SA port, a very nice introduction.