Journey to Cape Town
I went to Cape Town in August 2006 during one of my short school breaks. My brother couldn't come because he was studying. The reason we went there was because he initially chose it, and the flights there were cheap. We went by MAS, its a 14 hour flight i think. We stopped at Johannesburg for 2 hours, then continued to Cape town.
The pillars are engraved with the 'Big 5' animals of South Africa
The weather was cool thoughout south africa as it was winter there. The highest temperature was 18c, and it can go to as low as 6C at night. Cape town airport does not have aerobridges, so we had to be ferried to the terminal by bus.
This is the South African Airways.
It was raining when we arrived at the Cape. We stayed at a hotel called St George's Mall in the city center. its a 3 star hotel, and very cosy. The good thing about going in winter is that hotel rates are cheap. Breakfast here is GOOD. i loved the pork sausages and omelletes that they make. Unfortunately i can't find the pics anywhere. The staff here are also nice. We had a room with a very nice view of Table Mountain:
Table mountain on a good day
The first thing my mom wanted to do was to visit the fruit marked just across the street. We went, and we the only non-Africans there, and the Afircans are huge, and they were looking at us like we were aliens. They were okay though, and didn't press us to buy their stuff. We also walked through the city center, and there are lots of things to see. Walking during the day is safe, but during the night, no sane tourist walks throught the city center as there will be street children who may rob people. We usually took a taxi if we wanted to go somewhere at night. Walking at the streets during the weekends is also quite dangerous as the city is deserted and again, street children will be around. There are some city police around, but their numbers are too few to patrol everywhere.
The pillars are engraved with the 'Big 5' animals of South Africa
The weather was cool thoughout south africa as it was winter there. The highest temperature was 18c, and it can go to as low as 6C at night. Cape town airport does not have aerobridges, so we had to be ferried to the terminal by bus.
This is the South African Airways.It was raining when we arrived at the Cape. We stayed at a hotel called St George's Mall in the city center. its a 3 star hotel, and very cosy. The good thing about going in winter is that hotel rates are cheap. Breakfast here is GOOD. i loved the pork sausages and omelletes that they make. Unfortunately i can't find the pics anywhere. The staff here are also nice. We had a room with a very nice view of Table Mountain:
Table mountain on a good dayThe first thing my mom wanted to do was to visit the fruit marked just across the street. We went, and we the only non-Africans there, and the Afircans are huge, and they were looking at us like we were aliens. They were okay though, and didn't press us to buy their stuff. We also walked through the city center, and there are lots of things to see. Walking during the day is safe, but during the night, no sane tourist walks throught the city center as there will be street children who may rob people. We usually took a taxi if we wanted to go somewhere at night. Walking at the streets during the weekends is also quite dangerous as the city is deserted and again, street children will be around. There are some city police around, but their numbers are too few to patrol everywhere.
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