On our flight back to Vancouver, we had a long layover in London and decided to take the train from Heathrow and stretch our legs by having a walk around central London. It was a beautiful crisp fall morning and we walked along the north embankment starting near Charing Cross along the Thames and then […]
For my vast blog following (which I believe now numbers about 12) a few final thoughts about our month’s holiday in Africa: Stunning variety of beautiful scenery and flora/fauna in both countries. Spring is a nice time to travel – it was comfortable throughout our trip (it was sunny almost every day, and we only […]
We spent our last two days of holiday in Cape Town. On the first day we drove out along the Cape Peninsula (the “Fish Hook”) from Muisenberg, down through St. James, Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek, Simons Town and then into the nature reserve that forms the bottom half of the peninsula – it was a […]
From Meerendal we drove north-west along the coast, with a detour to Darling to visit a local microbrewery (Darling Brew). This region in general is renowned for its springtime wildflower blooms when the ground is covered with a carpet of colour. We were unfortunately a few weeks late to see the peak bloom, but there […]
From Struisbaai, we drove along the coast towards Cape Town, along a route famous for its scenic beauty that includes wine estates on one side and a stunningly beautiful coastline on the other. There are numerous points along the way to stop and watch migrating whales, and view seal and penguin colonies. We spent two […]