P-p-p-pick-up a Penguin. Actually don’t, you’d get arrested. The point I’m trying to make is that you could, if you really wanted to, pick-up a penguin at Boulders Beach near Simonstown as they live on the rocks next to the ocean and you can walk quite freely in amongst them. They’re really not phased by […]

This is a guest post by H. Hi, I’m H, Squiffy’s big little sister… as you may or may not know I joined DB and SQ on thier Escape the City tour around Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route (daveb: Sssh! Don’t tell where we’re going and spoil the surprise!)in South Africa. On […]

The other day, I wrote about my disappointing first impressions of Cape Town. Today, to an almost bi-polar degree, I’m really happy to report that I’ve completely, utterly, totally changed my mind. To date, and seen with my own eyes, Cape Town is the best place on the planet. Let me qualify that: As we’re […]

A little way south of Cape Town is the Cape Peninsula National Park, home to the famous Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. The latter is often misquoted as being the southernmost point in Africa and where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. Both statements are untrue. As most of you know, I’m […]

After paragliding, this is what I had really been looking forward to: To walk atop the magnificent Table Mountain and suck-in the views. (The views from the paraglider were excellent, but I was perhaps a little too nervous of the landing to fully appreciate what was laid out before my eyes at the time.) Whilst […]

Now that we’ve arrived in Cape Town, we no longer need our Five Dollar Tent and so have donated it to the townships. If they can’t use it directly, they’ll be able to sell it to raise money for their projects. Let’s hope they get more than the $5 that we paid for it.

Oh, Guineafowl! How beautiful thou art. Thine spotted feather, Upon plump bulk And bright blue head With red crown atop. Why doest thou run, so?

In a homage to my dear friend Nathan, who recently and nastily twisted his foot back-to-front during a freak paragliding incident, H (Squiffy’s sister) and I decided that it would also be wise to throw ourselves off a mountain under a silk kite attached to our persons by means only of a few bits of […]

The multi-purpose Robben Island, a half-hour boat ride off the coast of Cape Town, is best remembered for hosting Nelson Mandela’s political incarceration during the aparteid era. The only way to get to the island was to join an well-oiled organised tourist machine which, judging by the glitzy mainland entrance building in the harbour, is […]

Last December, my family joined us on our trip when they came out to Spain for Christmas. They’ve since had an open invite to join us wherever they wish, and my sister decided to make a guest appearance in Cape Town. She arrived a couple of days after us, and fortunately for her, a couple […]