Cape Town: The End

Haven't posted in a while... yada yada, excuse, excuse. Anyway here is the end of Cape Town.

So we went on an open bus tour, it was simply the best way to see as much of Cape Town as we could in the short time we had, we had hoped to combine it with a trip up Table Mountain but the mountain had been shrouded in cloud since we arrived.

 

 

 

 After driving past the Lion's Head and around the covered Table Mountain we got off the bus at the beautiful Camps Bay, it is the most perfect urban beach I have ever been to. Blue water, lovely sand and surf and rock formations. The day was perfect barely a cloud in the sky and lovely and warm. If you ever end up on this side of the world it is an ideal place to go. And stop for a drink. Trust me on this one. 

Han definitely enjoyed the surf. 

I enjoyed the tipple. A seabreeze for me helped quench the thirst of the afternoon. 

Have you ever seen a vista as gorgeous as that? 

And to top off an amazing day, the cloud finally lifted...

 

Cape Town: The Middle

On our first full day we decided to explore the V&A Waterfront, only a stones throw from our hotel it is a gorgeous area of Cape Town, in the shadow of Table Mountain it began life as a shipping port but luckily for us it was redeveloped in 1988 and is now home to local markets, a delicious food hall and so many beautiful boats.

Just have a look...

Raaaaarrrrrhhhhhhhhh...

These are the guardians of the dock, watching over the incoming ships.

But now we come to the good stuff, the food of course!! We found the best food market serving cuisine from all around the world, local, European, just about anything you fancy they had it. We had a hard time resisting it all, but our delicious breakfast kept us somewhat at bay.

Chocolates so good they have to tell us they are not tasters... darn it.

Samosas and spices of every kind.

But in the end we plumped for a refreshing homemade lemonade.

Then we continued our adventures around the waterfront.

We might just have entered a Children's Easter Egg maze courtesy of Lindt

Once we tore ourselves away from the markets (and the food) we went for dinner at 95 Keroom, and it was absolutely delicious.

We both had the most delicious meat, H went for fillet steak, rare obviously, whilst I decided to try the local meat and had a platter of Springbok, Kudu and Wilderbeast. I wish I had some photos to show you, but to be completely honest, I scoffed the lot before it occurred to me. It was just too damn good. However we did finish with a chocolate fondant, god knows how we had the room. It was divine. We went to bed very happy, if a little more rounded, campers.

Welcome to Cape Town

The One&Only Way

This Easter my gorgeous little sis and I decided to flee snowy Britain and take in the sights of glorious Cape Town.

After a 12 hour flight we arrived a bit weary but ready to take in the sights.

And wow what a sight it was...

We were staying at the lovely One&Only Cape Town right on the V&A Waterfront, with views of both Table Mountain and the Marina from the other window.

Needless to say we were both pretty chuffed and spent no time at all "exploring the room"

oh, and also the delicious red wine, with compliments of course.

And as the cloud descended on Table Mountain H and I decided to do what any sensible young ladies would do, head to the bar of course.

With a couple of delicious cocktails in hand we finally felt blissfully relaxed.

And after a few drinks got put away food is obviously the next thing on our minds. So we headed down to Reubens to get some sustenance. On the menu tonight Steak tartare with a slow cooked egg yolk, followed by Soy-Braised belly pork with tempura broccoli and ginger sauce. Mmmm what better way to end a perfect day, happy in the knowledge there is even more to come.