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Barging from Loire to Burgundy 32
Weed in the marina at H2O The journey begins . . . here. Since we only had two days - and some of the repairs were still not complete - we opted to take a day trip to Auxonne, and back. The previous hell hot weather had caused a few of the canals to close in France....
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Spa break in Cape Town – 5 Mountains Spa
Reception area 5 Mountains Spa So for a little bit more on our last spa break at 5 Mountains Spa. We found it by Googling "spa specials". I have to say it was a particularly good special. We arrived Tuesday late midday and departed Saturday just before lunch....
Spa break in Cape Town
Spa break in Cape Winelands in 2010 5 Mountains Spa bed My other half and I are partial to spa breaks. During winter, there are bargains to be had in Cape Town. We have had spa breaks at The High Rustenburg Hydro, Twelve Apostles Hotel, Romney Park and recently we...
Gautrain
Interior of Gautrain This blog is actually supposed to be all about - what to do, where to stay, best places to eat - relating specifically to Cape Town. I've gone a bit off course with my 10 part feature of my round trip of 4 southern African countries. Am only...
Southern Africa road trip Part 1
Travel in Southern Africa in 2011 Our tents on the first night I said in my last post I would write about the road trip I have just done which covered nearly 5000 kilometers and spanned four countries in Southern African. There are plenty similar tours and a...
Blue Train, Outeniqua Choo Tjoe, train trips
View from window of Outeniqua Choo Choo The Blue Train is our equivalent of the Orient Express. It's a luxurious train journey where you languish in luxury while waited on hand and foot. Meals are taken seriously. Very seriously. You book either the early sitting or...
Day trip to Simonstown, train travel
Train track next to the sea A really nice day trip to make, without a hired car, is the train ride from the the city centre to Simonstown. As you can see in the picture, the train runs right next to the sea from Muizenberg all the way to Simonstown. I would stop...
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I live in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. One of the most beautiful cities in the world. Lucky me.
The original slant of this travel blog was where to go and what to do in Cape Town, but now I write about our other travels.
We have a boat in Europe and plan to cover the inland waterways over the next decade.