Sleep was not forthcoming - I would read for a bit, doze over my book and then get jerked back awake by something - the noise from the traffic, the building site next door, the phantom door slammer & all his friends - anything. Eventually gave up sometime mid afternoon, had a shower and hit the Club lounge for another cup of tea. It had stopped raining sometime mid afternoon, but it was still very overcast and humid. Basically killed time until my pick up fo...

A farewell to Africa - well South Africa anyway. Have to say I really enjoyed it, probably more than I thought I would, if I'm completely honest!! Bit of a shaky start, what with lack of sleep, ear infection and a "oh my god what am I doing - am I mad??" type feeling going on, but once I got going I was okay. All the Africans I met were incredibly friendly and welcoming and helpful and although I mostly stayed inside the tourist bubble, I never once felt threat...

So, final day in Stellenbosch today, so doing all the washing/packing stuff required for a travel day tomorrow! Had a great weekend, really very lazy as it was very hot, over 30 degrees both days. Saturday we lounged around for a bit, then in the afternoon we went into Stellenbosch to a carnival type thing at the University stadium opposite BAT offices, where there were some funfair bits, which the kids had a great time on! We stopped off at La Pineta on the w...

On Thursday I finally made it to Spier Winery, and I actually could not have chosen a better day (or time for that matter) to rock up. You honestly won't believe this.... Spier is about 10k away from the house and I arrived a bit before lunch, as I though I would do the Outreach stuff, have lunch and then wander around the grounds and maybe do a little tasting. As I was walking from the car park toward the Cheetah Outreach entrance, there was about 4 or 5 black ...

So, successful day today. Decided that my touristy stuff is being far too disorganised and as I'm only spending 3 days each in the Far East stops, actually got on and booked my tours for while I'm in Asia, so now my days are fully booked for Singapore, Bangkok & Hong Kong. Bali is sitting by the pool drinking cool drinks, so no planning required there!! Had lunch at the house & then back to Stellenbosch to try & get the walking tour at 3pm. Went earl...