After a very long 24 hour flight through Doha and Jo’berg to Cape Town we arrived on Tuesday morning ready to hit the road running. If we hadn’t I’m sure we would have slept the day away! The weather was too good to resist however and we spent the whole of the day out exploring Cape Town.

My first visit to Cape Town has been a lot of fun. Cape Town is so beautiful that you can’t help but smile wherever you go. Its sometimes hard to imagine, when you are doing all the touristy things, that Cape Town or South Africa has only been rid of apartheid for less than fifteen years however there are reminders that there is still a gigantic divide between the races, especially in terms of poverty. However, they say that necessity is the mother of all inventions and its interesting to see how the poor have come up with imaginative solutions to overcome their difficulties.

We have squeezed so many things into our trip over here that I don’t even know where to start so I will write up a review of Cape Town properly when I’m back in London. Needless to say that many of our days has been spent enjoying the beauty of Cape Town and its surrounds and also taking advantage of the weather. Gorgeous! Highlight so far has been hiking up Lion’s Head – it was tough but so worth it.

After Jules’ run tomorrow in the Two Oceans Marathon and after a celebratory braai at Anita’s we will be off for a long journey on the Garden Route so I’ll have even more things to say when I get back!