Catch up on our first week on the road...

(please excuse any spelling errors i am speed typing...and lazy..)

hello my little lovelies! we have now been on the road a week and are loving it! its so scorching here most days but night times are quite cool we are realising that perhaps we don't have as much practical gear as we should...but hey...

Since i last wrote we have been up to quite a lot! our first day on the road we spent ducking in and out of wineries in Stellenbosch along the garden route I mostly wandered around the lovely grounds LP did sample some but un-surprisingly was not much of a fan...we got to visit a cheetah sanctuary that had Cheetahs captured rather then destroyed after eating livestock its a breeding programme as well so lots of cubs so cute! also theres little kittens all over the show they wont let me cuddle them though!that night we set up camp and sat looking up at the ...clouds...when the stars are out they are so bright!...

next day we headed into Stellenbosch town its a uni town so lots of students we wandered round for a while then headed to the edge of town where there is a nature reserve there we saw loads of birds and three tortoises and a heap of lizards...

the next day it was back on the road first stop was Betty's bay and a penguin colony they were everywhere! so cute waddling around like drunk old men.. my favourite is when they run really fast then fall over we spent a good while just laughing at (with?) them!then it was back on track to Hermanus "the worlds best land based whale watching"only all we saw was the water from a blowhole...we did see two chameleons and i got to hold one! also we have seen Dassies everywhere including babies at the penguin colony they are so friggin cute i cant catch one though despite numerous efforts!...that night we were bush camping complete with poo pit but was so lovely having a tent in the middle of nowhere we walked up a big hill and sat and watched the sunset the colours were amazing...

next day we roasted as we walked over the dunes onto the beach and a long slog into town we saw whales along the way which was lovely! when we got to town cold drinks were a necessity after which we headed back to the water where i swam in my knickers and bra it was so hot the water was coldish but crystal clear and there were fish all over the show...that night back at camp we saw our first snake yay! it was long long long a mole snake we have been told!...

next day we rolled out of camp and were on the road about 3 hours till we reached the southern most tip of Africa Cape Alguhas it was sooooo ridiculously windy there so we didn't spend to much time by the beach instead heading to the campsite and pitching up i got quite bad hay fever so retired to the tent... whilst LP went to watch Cricket in the bar...

Next day our first long day in the truck about 7 hours total not much other then being in the truck we did however see our first elephant and Baboons and i sampled oysters for the first time raw with Tabasco i actually quite liked them...

today we saw some sweet bids at camp they were lorries (unsure of spelling here) and also a mother and baby bush buck right behind our tent! the wildlife here is amazement everyday we see something new it blows my mind today we are having a town day Internet, money changing, postcards then this arvo we are off to play golf...in our jandals...

You did what???? (is what you will be saying when you read this)

Today is day 2 in cape town and we headed back to the waterfront where we got the ferry over to Robben island which is where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison its a really moving place and the guide is a former political prisoner...

Yesterday was day 2 in Cape town and we decided to head up table mountain in the cable car for those of you who don't know what table mountain looks like google it and then imagine it in real life its friggin huge so much bigger than i was expecting! so up we went its nothing like Christchurch's little gondola in fact it makes that look like the kiddies ride at a fair! so up we went with the idea of looking what the trail down was like and if it wasn't to rough we would walk it and if it was we would stop being tight and cough up another R90 when we got to McClears beacon we decided to wing it and head down we spent some of the time walking and the other time climbing or sliding down on our bums it was probably the hardest thing iv ever done...oh and did i mention we did it in jandals...

We are in Africa!!

So this morning i finally got to accomplish a childhood dream setting foot on African soil and even better i don't have to leave for almost half a year I'm so excited i could wet my pants! Our first day has been a good one after arriving in Cape town this morning we got to the hotel checked in showered dressed and what have you then set out adventuring we didn't have much of a plan just to wander...we ended up at the Victoria and Albert waterfront where we spent the afternoon taking in the scenery eating ice-cream watching a slightly strange Italian movie being filmed and riding on a boat around the bay with a comedian as a guide it was very interesting and lovely to get some breeze we even saw seals! on the way home however i stubbed my toe so bad i left a small puddle of blood on the pavement and a large puddle of blood in my jandal ironically our very comprehensive first aid kit was sitting in our hotel room whoops! apart from that slight mishap it has been a lovely day bring on more Africa!...

Do these jandals make me look fat?

as you can see my poor wee brown jandals have officially kicked the bucket... for years now (yes literally years) i have been wearing these bad boys and only recently after at least 6 years loyal service a hole has made its way through...these loving jandals long ago lost all ability to grip the footpath making every steep surface and rainy day a challenge but i stuck with them determined to wear them till i no longer could and that day has come...

now i have these new ones, these bright blue ones these £15 at Camden market ones, these perfectly even because they haven't yet grooved to the shape of my feet ones... and yet i cant quite bring myself to chuck out the old ones....sad times for the old dogs....

if anyone out there has some jandals that need a new home (sorry not beat up old bangers like my brown ones I'm talking new or only slightly worn non-toe-jammy jandals) then donate them to a great cause Flip-flops for Africa (www.flipflopsforafrica.org) is a non profit organization aiming to bring flip flops to the masses in poor and underdeveloped nations the idea being that many simple health problems (such as sores,cuts and infections) could be reduced simply by wearing shoes something to think about anyway...