Cape Town

Highlights:
- Boulder's beach was beautiful and we saw so many penguins!
- Kayaking in the sea with views of table mountain and encountering seals, dolphins, and penguins
- Hiring a tandem bike and cycling along the coast on a beautiful sunny afternoon
- Bo Kaap walking tour was really interesting and a colourful area to walk around
- Visiting the aquarium which had some great exhibits, and more penguins
- A day hopping on and off the wine tram visiting different vineyards and having plenty of tastings!
- Visiting the district six museum and learning about the forced removal and history of that part of Cape Town
- Going to see Barbie at the cinema when it was raining!
- Starting our overland truck tour with a drive to lions head mountain - it was terrible weather when we arrived but it cleared up a bit so we could hike up in the end
- A day driving around the cape, where we stopped at various places including Cape Point - the weather want fantastic but a great day anyway!

Lowlights:
- Serena's luggage didn't make it onto the plane, but luckily arrived two days later and got reimbursed £120 in clothes and toiletries!
- Our Robben Island tour was cancelled due to bad weather for the ferry, and we couldn't rebook as it was sold out the rest of the days we were in Cape Town

Food and drinks:
- Fish and chips by the waterfront were delicious
- Dinner and live music at Pigalle restaurant was a great experience
- Dinner and drumming experience at Gold Restaurant, which had a tasting menu of food from different places in Africa
- Afternoon tea at a fancy hotel was incredible - lots of savoury bites, scones, mini cakes, then a cake trolley! We also had unlimited tea with a huge selection so we tried 3 different ones each
- Lunch at Seven Colours Eatery - traditional South African so good that we went twice
- Dinner and traditional South African music at Marco's African place - we tried ostrich, crocodile, kudu and springbokЧитать далее