Baboons

Trying to persuade Melina that actually Africa isn't full of animals roaming at the side of the road was quite difficult after our first interaction with the baboons playing in the road ...

Simon's Town and Kalk Bay

Driving ...

Out of the window pictures are becoming quite a popular pass-time with my visitors! Perhaps I should hone my tour-guide skills to include stops for photos. I love these pictures of Khayelitsha as we drove up the R310. Not quite as clear a day as when Erin and I drove. But pictures that catch the essence of life in South Africa.

Scotland win a rugby game ... and Cape Town has a carnival ... coincidence?

The Six Nations is always my time of the year to get into rugby. This year Scotland drew with England (see a previous post), where no-one really knew whether to congratulate or commiserate each other, and I guess for another year we can say England didn’t beat us! I was back at the Dubliner for Scotland v Ireland where a subdued environment kept the great rejoicing to a minimum! However, we walked out of the Dubliner to the first Cape Town carnival and a huge thousand-people parade up Long Street … neither Care nor myself had our cameras but will remember the night forever more!! It was as if the other end of the world was celebrating Scotland's first win in a long time ...

Wee Billy goes to the Dubliner ...

After all the exciting adventures that wee Billy got to do last year like hiking Kilimanjaro in my backpack and riding the Argus, I realised there's not been anything of like this year! So he got to go to the Irish pub to watch Scotland play England. Craig wore his tammy, which got passed around!