So another relaxing day in Cape Town. We'd planned to go hiking up Table Mountain today. Mum had organised one of her friends who climbs regularly (in his late seventies) to take us up. Anyway, we woke up at 8-ish to the sound of rain - the whole mountain was covered in white cloud and a few more hours in bed seemed far more appealing. I'm ashamed to say that I think Neville and his regulars went ahead and braved it in their rain jackets ... and it did clear up a...

So after a few hours roasting slightly on Hout bay, we went across to Kirstenbosh with the parents and Sally (old school friend) for Carols by Candlelight. The day was spectacular - not too hot, not too windy. It's difficult to describe the Kirstenbosch amphitheatre and the photos probably don't do it justice - you walk up a wooded hill and come out onto this enormous lawn which slopes down into Newlands forest - all you can see for miles is trees; it really give...

So haven't written anything for a couple of days - mainly we've just been hanging out with the folks and doing a bit of general loafing in Cape Town. This city really does grow on you - there's so much to see & do. On Saturday morning we got up, went to yoga and then shot off with the parents and Stephanie to Constantia market in Tokai forest. It's held in the grounds of a huge school - the Chrysalis project - which has been set up to help 17-25 year olds wh...

Early start to the day today - up at 7:30 to go to yoga! We've found a really great studio just round the corner from where we live. Gary & Cythia Fort run it in their house - they've converted the whole bottom floor, and it looks out onto beautiful gardens - really peaceful, and a brilliant way to start the day. So got back to the apartment for breakfast, and then had to go and be fingerprinted! The access to the block is completely biometric, with the lad...

Slowly getting into the swing of things! After polishing off a couple of bottles of Boschendal Lanoy with Dad last night, our resolution to detox was suffering from near-terminal neglect. So we woke up late and decided to get down to the Yoga Studio in the City Centre. We did a strange class - heated room, but not Bikram. They called it Vinyasa Flow yoga, and it was HARD! Only an hour, but some of the Utkatasana sequences were rough. Troy was bemoaning the run-...