Today after a rather sleepless night I decided to get the red open toped bus around the city for a look around. I was also trying to get to Robben Island, the place where Nelson Mandella was imprisoned. I got the bus at the SA museum and went all over the city. I saw table mountain and lions head, as well as some stunning beaches and scenery. I passed through District 9 and managed to get off at the harbour and purchased a ticket on the Robben Island ferry wit...

Most of today was taken up by flying on my horrendous Malaysian airlines flight to Cape Town via Johannesburg. The flight was made all the more horrendous by the two Asian people sitting next to me who refused to let me move. Even when it was time for me to get off the plane in Capetown, they just sat there and I basically had to climb over them. We were also not allowed off the plane in Johannesburg and just had to sit there for about two hours. I finally re...