Cape Town
I was most fortunate to receive very special visitors in early May: sister, Bec and the parentals. A two-week stay in South Africa and Botswana, this marked their first time to the African continent. You'll have to ask them to confirm whether they enjoyed it, but I saw only smiles throughout their stay.
Read MoreThe Cape Town Cycle Tour, known better as the Cape Argus ride, is the largest cycling race of its kind around the world. Up to 35,000 people take part each year - a number so staggering that you can understand why it takes 4 hours for all participants to merely cross the START line.
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I expect that many stop and marvel at Table Mountain each day. I hope the local Capetonians take a moment from time-to-time to appreciate the mountain range that follows the coast 60 km south to Cape Point.
Read MoreNext stop: Cape Town. This involved travelling to the far south-west of the continent. Considering I’m now writing this from the Zambezi River in Zambia, essentially midway between Kenya and Cape Town, perhaps I’m not the most efficient travel planner. Cape Town
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