We had booked the Baz Bus to travel round South Africa in, which is a backpacker bus service that picks you up from your hostel door and takes you to your next hostel (or hostel shuttle). As we wouldn't have a car and we weren't sure how safe the public transport would be (which we later found out there wasn't any anyway) we thought it would be the safest and easiest way to travel around. The Baz Bus had about 40 stops along the coast of South Africa from Cape To...

When we eventually arrived at Cape Town we were absolutely shattered and in desperate need of a shower. Our body clocks were all over the place and we had no idea what time it was! We knew we'd be shattered so booked a double room in a nice hotel knowing we'd need a good nights sleep and it would be quieter than a hostel. A nice hotel room in South Africa was cheaper than 2 dorm beds in Japan anyway!! After a long nights sleep we checked out and moved to a 'par...