Arriving in Cape Town
After a night in London we were back on a plane to Cape Town, in South Africa (14 hours). It was a bit weird to come out off the plane and realise that we were really in Africa. My first time. I had once taken a daytrip to Marocco but that doesn't really count does it. There was a guy from the hostel there to meet us and after about an hour of waiting for some other guys we drove on to the city. We stayed in Cape Town Backpackers. A nice and very friendly place. We had 3 days in Cape Town before heading of on our Overland trip, and it was mostly spent doing last minute preparations and just resting after the long trip from Argentina. We also had a nice walk around the city and a beautiful city it is. It is already on my top 10 lists of favorit cities. The waterfront, the center and the beautiful Table Top Mountain. We were planing to take the famous cable car to the top but did not have time in the end. We also heard stories about people getting stuck in the cable car and on the top of the mountain overnight because of elecetricity shortcuts. Aparently their electricity powerplant is long overdue an overhaul so there are frequent powercuts. I had an interesting encounter one day with the laundery lady as she had to tell me all about the corrupt polititians and the electricity scandal. Cape Town will have to shape up pretty fast if they are to cope with the World Cup that is to be held there in 2010 and many think that they can not do it. Anyway, after the laundry lady let my go we went for a nice lunch at the waterfront, watching seagulls steal fries from neighbouring tables. We will have time to explore more of Cape Town as we come back there at the end of our honeymoon. So we can leave cape town looking forward to out next encounter.
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Cape Town waterfront with Table Top Mountain in the background
posted by Nonni @ 1:13 e.h.
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