Cape Town part 2

We managed to go to Cape Town last weekend to do all the touristy stuff. Taxi fare here is damn expensive and theyre not that safe either. We arranged the transport with the company driver who apparently do part time on weekends. It still cost us 350 rand (RM175) return trip (for 30 mins trip), but that’s significantly cheaper than taxis.

Its quite difficult to get around here due to security reasons. There are so many problems in this country, and it shows just how shitty it can be if you have a huge gap between the rich and poor, and especially when the majority are poor.

The ‘Welcome to Cape Town, prepared to be blown away’ signboard greeted us as we were exiting the highway. This city can do just that.

We took a boat tour, hoping to see some whales and dolphins. The tour operator promised that we would see dolphins, but whales migrated north during spring. But of course no dolphin can be seen, and if not for the fantastic view of the city and table mountain, it would have been a total rip-off.

Hopped on the ‘Topless bus’, a double-decker which gave us quite a good tour of the city and suburbs. It took us around the city center, and also the Bo-Kaap…. the cape-malay area. And of course to the table mountain, were we hopped off and took the cable car to the top. We could see everything from up there, fantastic view of the seas and city on one side, and the wine lands and mountains on the other.

Coming soon…. more pics.... from top of table mountain...!