travelswithalice

Arriving at night in the rain and waiting on the tarmac to get bussed to the terminal wasn’t a good start. We had flown to Johannesburg from Livingstone in the  morning to then fly out again in the evening to Cape Town. It wasn’t the best way to travel but it was a choice between that or flying Kenya Airways.

I peered out the hotel window at what promised to be a great view of Table Mountain, which we hoped to explore the next day. 

In the morning though, Table Mountain had disappeared. It was completely shrouded in thick cloud.

Undeterred by the overcast skies and the cold, Stuart went off on the hotel shuttle, calling later for me to join him at the V&A Waterfront complex. We had a fish lunch and stayed there all afternoon.

I guess the experience of. a new place has a lot to do with the weather. Unfortunately, the weather had put a damper on our experience of Cape Town. Planned outings to Frranschoek and to Stellenbosch for the wines and to Sutherland for the stars didn’t pan out. 

Apart from the one sunny afternoon that allowed us a nice Red Bus tour, today, the day we’re leaving is the only non-rainy day we’re seeing in Cape Town. 

_{Last day, best day}

We’re now at the airport for our eighth flight in three weeks.

SQ Mnl to SIN, SIN to Joburg, FedAir to Mala Mala, SA Airways from Skukuza to Joburg, BA to Livingstone, BA to Joburg, BA to Cape Town, Kulula to Joburg. 

In two days, we fly to Botswana.

Labels: South Africa

posted by Alice Dimalanta Jones  # June 17, 2018