Cape Town is utterly unique. The Mother City is a gem that glitters at the tip of Africa. Like a rare diamond glistens in the sunlight and attracts envious glances, so too does Cape Town to every traveller's itinerary. In practically every single way. Care to mention any aspect, and I am sure that Cape Town will have an element that would confound all expectations and understandings. But if Cape Town is the diamond, her people are its sparkle! Where else in the...

It is a Cape of Storms and Hope here! After a long night twisting, tossing, turning on an aircraft seat and fighting for the all important armrest bastion, the pilot's soothing voice telling us about Cape Town's weather - "...and the temperature is 13 degrees with a grey overcast...." - only gives you a very little bit of information about the days ahead. Not really enough information to make a ready judgement. I pity those that come now to Cape Town...