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Namibia self drive holiday

August 19th, 2010 No comments

I am getting really excited about the trip we are taking to Namibia next month. We will be in Namibia for 16 days, and have planned to make it an epic holiday!

We will be flying to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, and driving around Namibia, with a detour through Botswana, and Zimbabwe, to get to Victoria falls in Livingstone, Zambia. Read more…

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New camera Canon Rebel T1i aka 500D

April 14th, 2010 No comments

For a long while we have been talking about getting a ‘decent’ camera for taking our photos. Finally I took the plunge and decided on Canon as the brand to go for

Now gone are the days of relying on el-cheapo crappy generic compact digital cameras….enter the new kid on the block, the Rebel T1i, also known as the 500D. Read more…

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Kalk Bay hike again

March 8th, 2010 No comments

Path to Echo Valley

This weekend we went on another hike on the mountain above Kalk Bay. This time we parked on Boyes Drive, and entered the park at the sign for Echo Valley. The hike is a pretty easy walk, and its not long before you have some great views of Kalk Bay harbour.

Our aim for the day was to get to Boomslang cave, apparently its also known as Alladin’s cave, and is found above Kalk Bay, and overlooking Fish Hoek and Clovelly. We started the hike from the Kalk Bay side, so we would have to hike around the mountain to enter the cave from the entrance on the Fish Hoek side of the mountain, and exit into Echo Valley. Read more…

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Ramfest festival 2010 Cape Town

February 28th, 2010 No comments

Ramfest festival was held at Nekkies in Worcester, and wow, what a party! Definitely one of the best festivals I have been to.

I went two years ago, it was quite a bit smaller people wise, and quite a bit more of a metal/goth crowd. This time there were no less metal heads, but there was more trance and hippy people, making the crowd a great mixture, everyone was welcome.

We arrived early on the Friday afternoon in an attempt to score a great tent location under some shade, but unfortunately so did tons of other people, so we gave up that idea and got down to pitching the tent, and cracking open some beers.

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Trip to Langebaan

February 15th, 2010 No comments

Kraal bay

This past weekend (valentines) we took a little trip to Langebaan, it was Natacha, her friend Niki and myself. We were going to pitch tents and camp because we didnt want to spend a lot, wanted to be on the seafront, and because we were going to be busy every day and just wanted a place to crash at night.

Things didnt work out that way though, one place called Seebries, had camping as well as ‘chalets’ available for not much more per night. We rented a chalet for under R200 a night (DAMN!), which had a kitchenette, braai area, two bedrooms (one with 3 beds, and one with two), a bathroom and shower. Definitely a bargain at that price…but not in any way ‘classy’, anyway we didnt care, it was perfect for us, and the bonus was that it was very close to the sea, so we fell asleep to the sound of the waves every night :) Read more…

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Ou Kraal hike kalk bay cape town

January 4th, 2010 No comments
Kalk Bay

Kalk bay from Ou Kraal path

On Saturday we decided to go for a hike on the mountain above Kalk Bay. The path we chose was the Ou Kraal hiking path, which you can find on Boyes Drive above Kalk Bay.

The hike was very pretty, with great views of Kalk Bay, but the highlight was when we took the route that goes to the ‘spes bona forest’.

The forest is great because you walk under the canopy of loads of old trees on a wooden ‘boardwalk’ style path. It reminded me quite a lot of the ‘garden of eden’ near Knysna. Read more…

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Another website goes live

June 19th, 2009 No comments
Bestcapetown.com websites

Bestcapetown.com websites

Yesterday I launched a new website, making use of a domain I had not been using. The domain, bestcapetown.com, is a pretty cool name, and I have decided to make the site a sort of Cape Town portal.

The site is very new, and has almost no information, but its ‘live’ anyway….visit it at www.bestcapetown.com. I am going to work on it in my spare time, to list the best things in Cape Town. Read more…

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My first blog post

June 17th, 2009 No comments

I have finally decided to actually do something with my domain name, and went the route of this blog. Welcome to the greatest blog in the world!! haha, only joking :)

I will try to post regularly about the shenanigans I am getting up to and what is going on in my life.

Cheers for now

-F

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