Cape Town Executive Summary A city that's a cross between Sydney and San Francisco, in attitude and the way it uses its natural beauty to its advantage. We hit tourist hell in the form of a penguin colony Vertigo tested at Cape Point and Table Mountain Animals spotted: Baboons. Lots of baboons. Oh, and penguins. We stayed at Cape Grace hotel on the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town - which is the main tourist / shopping area in the city. Th...

Stellenbosch/ Franschoek Executive Summary Finally discover what this South African wine caper is all about We stay at a bizarre French town in the middle of the cape winelands South African Hangover #2 - after complementary bubbles and, yet again, too much driving Knysna to Franschoek, near Stellenbosch, was another 4-5 hour drive. Again they were easy roads, though we were warned "it's Easter weekend, be careful, the South African...

Knysna Executive Summary The Reinertsens hit bizarro world landing in Port Elizabeth and driving to Knysna - a complete change of environment and pace from the previous 10 days Traffic calming speed humps hamper efforts, but otherwise I started to get this driving thing down The garden route...we're still trying to work out if we missed it Sailing through Knysna heads, a gorgeous way to spend an evening! We flew from Durban to Port El...

Durban Executive Summary Once again the Thompson Touring Company directions are, shall we say, less than specific A whole lotta curry happening in Durban Downtown Durban turns into traffic chaos as Zuma is officially cleared of corruption charges - or rather, they are dropped A nice diversion but probably not somewhere I'd make an effort to visit again We were scheduled to stay at Umphlanga Rocks (pronounced 'oom-shl-AHNGA' - the 'ph' i...

Eshowe A short diversion to the heart of Zululand where dad was born and later lived after his parents died. Unsuccessful attempt to find a connection to the hostel where dad lived (but it did give mom & dad insight into hostel life as I will know it for the next year!) Beautiful hills filled with green sugarcane and the traditional thatched rondavel huts We took a risk and bought some extremely fragile clay pots that were made locally i...