Hi all, Yes Briege did get me to do something cultural/historic although now she probably knows more than me about the history and the correct events of Apartheid in South Africa as i spent most of the trip looking around while she listened intently to our guide. We left Cape Town harbour in slightly overcast conditions and thought it would be all right. Well, while we were on the island the wind picked up and the rain started to come down. We had a quick bus tr...

We left home on what looked like a good day. We drove into the reserve and decided to stop and have a swim at one of the many tidal pools. The beach was empty and we were quite sheltered from the wind. As there was nobody i decided to go for as wim in the buff, pretty cool! After lunch it was time for the short walk up to the old lighthouse for a lookout over the Cape of Good Hope but by the time we reached the top the cold air from the atlantic side had started ...

We stayed a night in johannesburg with some of Laynes mates who kindly let us invade. The next day we headed off on a 5hr drive to the south of the Kruger park and arrived in a camp called Crocodile Bridge. We stayed in a safari tent overlooking 'the bush' but luckly had a fence to protect us from the hyenas who patrolled at night looking for food. We went on a sunset drive and saw ellies, white rhino, giraffes, hyenas, buffalo and a rare glimpse of cheetahs. Du...

Good Day, Well we've finally done our 1st bit of sight seeing. We spent the last 2 days going around the peninsula. On Monday we drove down to Boulders beach and spent some time walking around the penguin colony. Briege loves the little creatures and now wants one as a pet! Yesterday we carried on with the trip around the peninsula stopping often to get out and photograph all the whales in the bay with their new born calves. We had lunch at a nice seafood restau...

Hi all, Sorry we've taken so long but we've only just started to wake up after our mamouth journey! We got in on Monday morning and went straight to Newlands rugby stadium to see the world cup procession, the crowd went mad for Brian Habana but i had to restrain Briege so that she couldn't pelt Percy with any stones. We've had a few meals out with the family and have had an afternoon on the beach. Layne has been very responsible until we came up the coast to L...