Cape Point and/or Good Hope

So after fighting off the Baboons we climbed the Cape Point, or Cape of Good Hope, one of the two.

Cape Point and the wild Atlantic

Should get more touristy photos

The most South Western African Continent lighthouse, i guess

Spot the whale/shark

Famous sign, we wanted to be on the picture, but there was a big line of Italians and Japanese. So this is the best i got... damn tourists

Need to get some pictures from Sebastian, so more to come, no much more to come

Trip to Cape of Good Hope

To enjoy the beautifull weather that has arrived in Cape Town, A very sunny 25 Degrees Celsius, and to test the Merc a roadtrip was organized. This weekend with Sebastian and Katja to Cape of Good Hope, the most South Western point of the African continent.

An early rise after some irregular nights, so it was a tiring ride, but the scenery is amazing. The Mercedes, aka Hyacinth, slowed down a bit on the steep hills, but she came through. Not using too much fuel, I am very happy with the big girl. I already scratched it driving it the first day and one of the wheel covers is a bit damaged (damn parallel parking), but she did well.

On our way to the Cape we stopped in Simonstown, at Boulders beach, where there is a Penguin colony. They live there on the beach and it is also possible to swim with them, but unfortunately didnt bring our swimming gear, although the smell was not very inviting.

Living on the beach, in the bushes and near the parking lot.

And after checking this, we drove on towards the Cape to meet...

...some baboons

It is advised not to bring food out of your car and lock you car. The baboons had gotten to the parking lot and were having a field day. After seeing a baboon stealing the chips of the guy parked next to us, we saw this mother baboon jumping in a minivan and grabbing some lunch.

Dangerous Animal #1

Hmmm, i will continue the photo uploading tomorrow, doesnt work to well today.

So it is to be continued...

Ignite and Hyacinth

With Hyacinth we drove to Ignite and had a good time. She held up very well, the hill before you get to the gates of the apartment park was a real challenge for her, but she made it.

Ignite is a pretty cool club as well, on the ocean drive, with many pretty people being pretty.

Lekker.

Experiencing all of Cape Town

And so I finally have got the pictures on the web. Moved into this apartment last weekend, and I took a picture after it was cleaned, so you can see the might and awesomeness of the apartment!

This is the kitchen, with a bar!

The living room, with a sleeping couch, and the best view in the world

A view like this, of Cape Town center and Robben Island

Lions Head, still part of the view

So after moving into my apartment, I wanted to climb the Table Mountain, and convinced Sebastian to come with me, who was pretty hungover. Although it looked like he would have trouble climbing the mountain, I was struggling badly. As we also started climbing late in the afternoon, we almost missed the last cable car down... but after a long climb I made it and the views are amazing. Like I said we didnt have much time on the top, so I am definetly coming back to check out all the views from the top.

On top of the Table Mountain

The sun sets on Camps Bay

Besides the beautifull views and the amazing apartment I also experienced another side of South Africa this week. Easy Tiger Tourism supports a trust fund, TCD, which helps setup several projects in the townships of Cape Town. And this week there was an opening of a school and soup kitchen of Rosie, who started these projects by setting up a pre-school 20 years ago. My boss, Andre, invited me to the opening and here are the pictures.

The kids welcome us



All jumping up when you get in and grabbing my leg

Just a couple of weeks old, this little one was found in a garbage bin

It was a busy week

Arne

Living in Cape Town

Since last weekend I am now officially living in Cape Town, since I have moved into my apartment at Disa Park. On the edges of Table Mountain, the view is awesome, I have taken some pictures but cant upload them just yet, but below are the three apartment buildings. The left one, Silverstream, is the one I am staying.

When I came to the apartment on Saturday it was pretty messy. The guy that was in there before me had left just one day before I came, and they had been partying pretty hard for his last week. So that made the place a bit shabby. My room mates, Stuart and Sebastian, came back later that day on Saturday and we went out for a bit and on Sunday me and Sebastian climbed the Table Mountain. They cleaned the room Sunday morning, and it now looks awesome!

So soon some pictures of Table Mountain and the apartment,

for now

Ciao

Overlanding Africa Competition

A free trip overlanding africa...whats not to like?

Anyone planning a trip overlanding africa, going from Southern Africa to East Africa? You should definetly join the free Overlanding Africa Competition.

I helped making this competition, so even for my efforts I think you should just visit the site and check it out.

Overlanding Africa is an expert on these kind of trips and you can do a lot of crazy things like skydiving, quad-biking, white water safari's. But there is also a lot of safari's and wildlife encounters.

Check it out!

Arne

Lunch Long Street Cafe

Lunch in Cape Town on Long Street is not a problem, in fact most of the popular bars and restaurants in Cape Town are on Long Street. And the first lunch of me in Long Street then also had to be in the Long Street Cafe. This café is located on the North side of Long Street, conveniently close to the office of Drive South Africa.

The lunch(es) I enjoyed at the Long Street Café was a Thai Wrap with peanut sauce. The wrap itself was filled with stir fried chicken and veggies, with spices and a soy sauce. All in all it is a very spicy dish, for a reasonable price. Today I went to for Lunch at Long Street Cafe again, just because I am lazy, very lazy. And this time I had a chicken/avocado burger, on recommendation of the waiter, and it was very nice as well.

The café itself is a traditional bar and the service is very friendly. The café has a nice bar area, which is a mix of a sports bar and a business café, they also show football and other sports at the Long Street Cafe. Which is a good thing so close to work...

Greetings,

Arne

First Day of work @ Drive South Africa

Yesterday I had my first day of work after staying just a couple of days in Cape Town, checking out the city and all. The office of Drive South Africa is in a side street of Long Street, and it is about a 15 min walk from the hostel, so that is fine. The Long street is 'the street' in Cape Town, and has a lot of bars and clubs. The Kloofstreet is a pretty well-known street as well, but than for its restaurants.

The first day of work was very nice, the work looks to be very interesting and the collegues are very nice as well. I am gonna focus on online marketing and promoting the company through the internet. It is really interesting to see how the online marketing works, and if I have any ideas I can promote through using other media as well like making pictures and video to get attention to the site.

I am also buying a car at Drive South Africa, a Golf 1, because I am moving in to an appartment a bit further from work next week. And it is just easier having a car in Cape Town.

Check out the car, Golf 1 1995, Drive South Africa


Ok will start to take pictures soon as well

Arne

South Africa

I have arrived in South Africa!

This should be the beginning of a new part of the blog, and I havent even completed the blog for New Zealand or Australia (lazy arne). But soon ill hope to post some pictures from Cape Town, South Africa.

Ok 'goeie dag'

Arne