What can we say about Johannesburg... hmmm...well... not our favourite city I'm afraid. The hostel was 'distinctly average' with a lovely brown stain on the ceiling. Security was tight with a electric fences, barbed wire and access controlled gate and you couldn't go out after dark which meant we were stuck without any food or drink when we arrived...thankfully Debonairs Pizza Delivery were on hand to save our spirits - a quality African pizza delivery company! ...

We arrived in Cape Town mid morning and sadly unloaded our stuff from the truck. Finishing our 7 week trip was a bit of an anti-climax and everyone wandered around looking a bit lost until taxis arrived to cart people off to their hotels! We hope to catch up with a few of the guys later in our trip anyway...so it wasn't really goodbye for us! Our first 3 days in Cape Town were sunny and beautiful but contrary to what everyone thinks - quite cold! We were slightl...

After a night staying at a citrus farm in the beautiful Cederberg mountains and climbing the mountainside to find cave paintings (which we finally found when it was going dark and we could only see them by the light of the camera flash - typical!) we got to Stellanbosch. Stellanbosch is in the middle of the South African winelands and it was only right that we do a bit of wine tasting! The group went to four vineyards and tasted well over 20 wines (none of which ...