Cape Town Things to see and do Articles
Adventure in Cape Town – Cape Town, South AfricaCape Town is South Africa’s City to be seen in. It is world famous for it’s backdrop, Table Mountain, and is the country’s number one cosmopolitan city. Adventure in Cape Town doesn’t just involve throwing yourself off cliffs, shark diving and chasing muggers. No, no, no – Adventure in Cape Town is physical from dawn [...]
Cape Town, South Africa – February 2000There’s a definate air of calm drifting through Cape Town this month. After the inevitable chaos created with the millennium madness, it’s a much needed chance to breathe again. As predicted, Cape Town was packed full of people from every corner of the globe and Johannesburg, and things all got a bit ridiculous. Christmas blended [...]
Cape Town, South Africa – December 1999Cape Town has all gone a bit crazy of late. Maybe it’s the usual summer madness, or perhaps because Christmas is coming, but I suspect its just a bad case of Millennium fever. Not surprising as Cape Town is predicted to be one of the most popular destinations for the party of a lifetime. [...]
Cape Town, South Africa – October 1999Right in the heart of Cape Town, you’ll find Long Street – my absolute favourite place in this town. It’s a vibrant funky place filled with old bookstores, second hand clothes shops and endless cafes, bars and clubs.
During the day the street is filled with street traders, hectic car watch guys and tourists (Long St [...]
Welcome to Cape Town in September – month of flowers and whales. See below for information on spotting the above. But first…
Tourist Information [...]
As the bus pulls into Cape Town, I’m greeted by a spectacular view of Table Mountain, a South-Easterly covering the table with its cloth of cloud. My first thoughts at this awesome view are ‘get me off this bus and into bed’. After 18 hours on the bus from Jo’burg, its pretty hard to [...]
Cape Town, South Africa RestaurantsRustica
70 New Church Street (021) 423 5474.
Super value Italian. Wonderful pizzas.
Maharani Vegetarian Restaurant
267 Long Street (021) 24 2917
A wheat-grass extravaganza! Beautiful vegetarian Indian food. Platter of all dishes on menu for 2 people is R49. Good value.
Kaapse Tafel Restaurant
90 Queen Street (021) 23 1651
More up-market. Main courses R30-R40. A wonderful menu of Cape Malay classics [...]
As I sat down to write this article, it occurred to me that it has been a year to the day since I first arrived in Cape Town, for a three day stop over. A year later, I�m still here (although currently on sabbatical up north). [...]
Cape Town, South Africa – May 1999 I had a lot of misconceptions about Cape Town. I imagined
a dusty, dry place, dotted with big game reserves and ghettoes
housing poor “Blacks”. I thought the “Whites” would be the
most boorish, racist, unsophisticated lugs imaginable, and
that nightlife would be reduced to chugging a few brews
and munching some Boerwurst sausage. [...]
