Sat 16 Aug. Up early to get out of town quick! Drove to Knysna and found an apartment at the waterfront for a bargain rate (well it is winter here and 'off-peak'). We stayed here for five nights, chilled out: Max played tennis with a couple of local boys, thanks to coach Debbie. A favourite restaurant was 34 Degrees South, which of course is the latitude of Knysna -therein lies a great geography/maths lesson! We visited Knysna elephant park (for elephants orph...

Cape Town to Simon's Town. Day 6. We intended to stay at Hout Bay, after looking at various accommodation options, we decided to stop for lunch at the Chapman's Peak Restuarant, famed for its calamari which was very good. Then we moved onto Simon's Town where we found a lovely small hotel overlooking the marina and port. Saturday, 9 August, excellent lunch at the Black Marlin, Millers Point, during which three humpback whales surfaced and swam very slowly p...

Cape Town. Day 1. After an eleven hour overnight flight and not much sleep, we arrived at 5.30am at our hotel in the city centre. We all went to bed and had three hours sleep before cleaning up and going to the Victoria and Alfred waterfront for lunch. Felt much better after, and had a wander around the boats and docks. Very touristy. We got a bit confused because the sun was in the wrong place (North). Table Mountain. Day 2. We took the revolving (scary) cabl...