Our grand tour

The weekend we spend like lazy tourists: The mornings we stay at home, on Saturday we go to the biggest shopping mall and spend the afternoon in the cinema. Freezing cold as usual in Africa but this time we are…

We need a plan. How do we want to travel around Namibia? By rental car, tour operator or private tour guide? We go to every travel agency and tour operator along the main road. The boys are not really enjoying…

We finally arrive in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, at about half eight in the morning. We could watch a fabulous sunrise from the bus but we didn’t get to see much of Namibia yet. Hungry and curious we get off the…

Heute verlassen wir Kapstadt. 21 im Bus nach Windhoek… Da kommt Freude auf! Hier noch ein paar Impressionen von der Stadt. Um 10 Uhr geht unser Bus. Bequemer Doppeldecker mit stummen Bildschirmen auf denen alte Filme laufen. Die Busfahrt ist…

I was asked later that day if I enjoyed the trip to Robben Island. Well, “enjoy” might be the wrong word, but it was definitely moving and worth the trip. There is still this uneasy feeling and former prisoners guide…

The whole day we spend in the National Park around the Cape of Good Hope. It’s a clear sunny day with a big sun-dog. I am expecting many or at least a few baboons but there are non, I guess…

Today we hire a car. It’s a Hyundai i10 in red. Bill can’t believe it’s turning out to be a mini toy car again. The plan: Cape of Good Hope. On the way there we stop in Simon’s Town for…

Heute geht Finns Wunsch in Erfüllung. Wir gehen ins Planetarium. Auch wenn man keinen echten Sternenhimmel bewundern kann, so gibt es eine Multimedia-Schau unter einem gewölbten Dach über die Sonne und unsere Galaxie. Im Museum gabs dann noch eine große…

Once a Malayan now a Muslim quarter of Cape Town. We stroll along the colourful streets, eat the best spring rolls and the worst ice-cream and get to see a proper big filmset – with no real action, but we…

Everybody has to see the Waterfront in Cape Town. So we go there. On the way we stop for lunch at our Eastern Food Market. This time it’s way too spicy for Bill and me but the boys like their…