How to do it the South African Way - Today: By foot & By car

A short lesson about Cape Town's streets:


If you're on foot take your time!
If you want to cross the street be quick!
If you travel by car drive fast, overtake as you like and watch the mini busses!

Indie music in Cape Town

Just discovered:

http://www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk/capetown.html

Noon Gun Tea Room & Restaurant

Today we went to the Noon Gun Tea Room & Restaurant. The food was yummi (I had "Chicken Breyani", spiced rice with lentins, potatoes and chicken) and the service was also very good - very nice waitress. But the best was the quietness up there and the view down the hill with the Table Mountain in the background.  I will show u...

Milnerton - Rival to Blouberg Beach

...we've seen a great sunset at Milnerton Beach with the Table Mountain in the background. Have a look:

World of Birds - Hout Bay

Although it's quite some weeks ago that we went to World of Birds, I want to tell you more about it now. 

Actually, I didn't expect it to be that nice. It's a well-kept park with nice different areas. There are not only birds to see. In fact, we've also seen penguins, monkeys, turtles, a porcupine, a wallabie, meerkats,...

How to do it the South African Way - Today: Tips

At the beginning of our trip, we often wondered how much tip we give to which people...but as time goes by, we know the score:

• Parking: R2-5 (depends on the length of your shopping tour)
• Petrol station: R2-5 (when they clean our windows, we mostly give them 5 rand)
• Restaurants: about 10% of your bill (as long as the service is good)

Of course, there are also a lot of beggars on the streets. Depending on my mood I give them a bit of my change sometimes. Some of them are also very happy to get some food. So if anything of your food is left, ask them if they would like to have it. It's better then dumping it in the bin anyway.

My first Big Issue

Today we finally bought the Big Issue for the first time. It's a magazin that is sold on the streets. Every vendor buys these magazines for R9 and sells them for R18...a good kind of job creation!