Good Hope For Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa)

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. 
-- Jacques Yves Cousteau

April 11^th, 2011 (February 2011) – Although not planned we ended up making it all the way to the Mother City (Cape Town) on the morning we left Oudtshoorn. And since we did not plan on being there that day we had no plan for sleeping. So we did the most logical thing, drove around aimlessly for hours once we arrived.

After driving for some weeks outside of major metropolitan areas I was not quite prepared to face Cape Town traffic. This explains why I basically drove right through it until we hit the Atlantic and the coastal suburbs. We stopped by the sea to get our bearings and ate lunch in what felt like a mini-hurricane. It can get a little windy on the west side of Table Mountain. It was our first view of the so called ‘Table Cloth’, the signature cloud cover that often obscures the top of the mountain.

For the hell of it we decided to head south, down the coast, in hopes of finding a place to stay outside the hustle and bustle that is Cape Town, at least for a night or two.  The drive along the coast is stunning and well worth the time although had we known the most interesting part is actually a toll road we would have saved it for another day. We came up empty in our search for lodging so we made our way back to Cape Town. The hilly terrain, one way streets, fairly tumultuous traffic, and my lack of ability in the manual transmission realm made for a stressful afternoon. We did manage to find a place (overpriced as usual) but the parking situation in town is less than ideal. Not only that, we were told not to leave anything of value visible in our vehicle. Welcome to Cape Town.

Good Hope For Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) - Duplicate

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. 
-- Jacques Yves Cousteau

April 11^th, 2011 (February 2011) – Although not planned we ended up making it all the way to the Mother City (Cape Town) on the morning we left Oudtshoorn. And since we did not plan on being there that day we had no plan for sleeping. So we did the most logical thing, drove around aimlessly for hours once we arrived.

After driving for some weeks outside of major metropolitan areas I was not quite prepared to face Cape Town traffic. This explains why I basically drove right through it until we hit the Atlantic and the coastal suburbs. We stopped by the sea to get our bearings and ate lunch in what felt like a mini-hurricane. It can get a little windy on the west side of Table Mountain. It was our first view of the so called ‘Table Cloth’, the signature cloud cover that often obscures the top of the mountain.

For the hell of it we decided to head south, down the coast, in hopes of finding a place to stay outside the hustle and bustle that is Cape Town, at least for a night or two.  The drive along the coast is stunning and well worth the time although had we known the most interesting part is actually a toll road we would have saved it for another day. We came up empty in our search for lodging so we made our way back to Cape Town. The hilly terrain, one way streets, fairly tumultuous traffic, and my lack of ability in the manual transmission realm made for a stressful afternoon. We did manage to find a place (overpriced as usual) but the parking situation in town is less than ideal. Not only that, we were told not to leave anything of value visible in our vehicle. Welcome to Cape Town.