Cape Town

The Kat Balcony in the Castle, Cape Town is just one of the many historical sites in Cape Town centre.

I went here on a flying visit for my friends wedding in 2006. What a lovely place, i wish i could have stayed longer!

One funny thing was the power cuts which came apparently randomly night and day the whole time i was there.

I’m not entirely sure why I want to go here. Maybe it started when I was about 10 and read about Boulder’s Beach and the penguins there. Africa is one of those places that just seems a million miles away from my own sphere, and I have always been into exploration.
Last night, while out for dinner with friends, a friend whose family moved here from Umtata about 10yrs ago suggested that we should try and get a group of us out there next year. It would just be phenomenal if it could happen.

A colleague from South Africa had a picture of Cape Town as her screensaver. It looked amazing!

It is the most beautiful city in South Africa so many things to do and beautiful ladies!

Unbelievably beautiful!
I loved the view from the Table Mountain at sunset on a clear sky day, enjoyed watching whales up-close, and loved Cape Point and the beach at Camps Bay. The V&A waterfront is a nice place to wind down. The food and wine is great and there’s a nice party scene.

On the other hand, use public transport only if you must, the minivan park in town stinks (literally!), and the city council should do something about the litter in parts of town.

All in all, worth the visit for the natural beauty alone!
Breathtaking!

I went to a rock show, Family Values actually, yesterday. Anyways, in the Korn mosh pit I met this awesome guy who was from Johannesburg. And I asked about Capetown. He sighed & described it as an orgasm. That it was amazing & beautiful. And he talked about the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans meeting (not in Capetown, but still) It was so…surreal. And, he was the most random amazing mosh buddy ever ever! But yeah, I really really need to go now. I like orgasms :) heehee

Born and raised in cape town, Beautifull place!
Moved to New zealand when i was 15…
This will be my 1st (possibly 2nd if i stop in oz 1st) on my Big OE to Europe!

Need to see family and friends again

I was searching for somewhere abroad where I could do some voluntary work or just normal paid work in order to experience life in another country and away from my family.

I decided on the volunteer programs in South Africa and they all happen to be based in Cape Town so when I complete my nursing course in Sept 2008 I will head off to Cape Town and spend max 3 months working in the area of HIV/ AIDS and health education/ promotion (hopefully). the programs are really expensive (£3k) but this is something i need to do before I die so I intend to spend the whole of this summer working hard and saving up my pennies for this trip. I know I need to do the sensible, boring thing and get a mortgage at some point in my life but I have been saving like crazy for a deposit and I am sure the money will be enough for both ventures.

I hope this will be full of adventure and meeting new people so I am looking forward to it and lets hope everything goes according to plan. a lot can happen in 15 months but lets hope I will not be distracted from this.

All i need to do now is select the right volunteer program for me because there are so many out there. I just want one which will allow me enough flexibility and the longest amount of time away from the UK just doing my own thing.

I was 7 yers old so i dont know anything about it… but i think that we had a great time there and the places outside of the city are just beautiful…