My Time in Cape Town, South Africa

I would like to start off by saying that I haven't been able to post anything because of there being no wi-fi in the places that I have stayed since my last post. To speed things up I will post about my whole time in Cape Town in one post, don't worry! It shall be as detailed as it would've been if there was wi-fi.

When we were at the airport I was told that I was not allowed to bring my Masai staff/club onto the plane as carry-on luggage because it was a weapon and they were really concerned. I wasn't surprised by that but we still had to quickly take the staff and put it into my suitcase, the upside was that we were rushed past a long queue of passengers with their boarding passes. When we reached the International Terminal departure gate this is what it looked like.  This is because the Nairobi terminal had burnt down last month.

After a while of waiting we boarded and then took off on our way to Johannesburg then onto Cape Town South Africa.

I have to start off by saying that when we checked in we were told that our luggage had been checked in through to Cape Town which made it a hell of allot easier for us....... Or so we thought.

When we arrived in Cape Town we were happy until... we couldn't find our luggage on the carousel so we went to the luggage enquiries desk, we were then told that there was no record of our luggage leaving Johannesburg to come here to Cape Town. So we had to spend the next two days of our holiday repeatedly calling the airport and getting no answer but the Shosholoza song that the Wellington College boys taught the Wellesley Choir boys, I was happy to hear that song where it originated from but then again not so happy hearing it all the time while we waited for someone to pick up our call about our luggage disappearing. Here is a photo of what we saw out of our bedroom window in Cape Town.

Table Mountain. 

On one of the days that we were there we saw the clouds rolling off the top of the mountain which gave the effect of there being a table cloth covering the Table.

This is Nobel square, it is where four bronze statues of the four men that have won Nobel Peace Prizes for their efforts to stop the apartheid in South Africa.

The main shopping mall in Cape Town is St Georges Mall.

Beside it is Greenmarket square with lots of stalls in the middle and cafes around the edge like in France.

Long Street with lots of lacey buildings and heaps of restaurants to go to at night - except Mama Africa's - they serve my friend the warthog (Warthogs are awesome! don't eat them!).

This is Robben Island where Nelson Mandela and many other political prisoners were kept for years and years just because they disagreed with the government. Our guide was a former political prisoner that knows Nelson Mandela because they knew each other from their time at the prison.

This is Nelson Mandela's cell.

Victoria and Alfred waterfront where we stayed from the ferris wheel. 

Springbok Museum and stadium.

Next day we went to Bo Kaap - it's like Mt Vic to Wellington .

We also went to Camps Bay which felt like Days Bay back home - except lots of people would come up and try to sell us stuff on the beach like sunglasses, posters etc and no wharf for jumping off

We saw lots of townships on our drive out to....wait for it... Hermanus(hehehe)

Hermanus Bay is famous for seeing lots and lots of whales.  The town bell rings when whales appear so everyone walking around knows to have a look.  We had lunch in a clifftop cave and this is what we saw.

I had an awesome time in Cape Town!
And yes...I have a vuvuzela and know how to use it!!


Joseph Hewson