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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Brenwin Guest House

During my South Africa trip, due to the big group size, I booked most of our accommodations when we were in Malaysia. Though I love to improvise my road trip, it is hard to find accommodations for huge group so I decided to keep my spontaneity for group size 4 or less.

However, still, I didn't book the accommodations for our last few nights in Cape Town. I decided that we can find a neighbourhood that we love after we touch down at Cape Town.

The first 2 nights when we were at Cape Town, we stayed at B.I.G. I love Sea Point very much and I decided that we can stay in Sea Point again for our last 2 nights. B.I.G. was fully booked so we ended up stayed at Brenwin Guest House, which is on the same row as B.I.G., on the other end. This means walking distance to Two Ocean Aquarium Hop-On Hop-Off Bus station, and many other things else.

It's a very pleasant small guest house, old fashioned but clean and cozy.

We arrived very early in the morning (around 9am). We were thinking of storing our luggage here, go sightseeing, and come back to check-in in the evening. However, the well-mannered, soft-spoken manager was so kind that she allow us to have early check in. Not only that, she also gave us a lot of tips for nice places to eat around this area.

We booked a standard double rooms, but one of the rooms we booked were under maintenance and hence we got a free upgrade to an apartment. It has a small kitchenette, a living area, and a small private courtyard in front of the apartment. We immediately fell in love with our apartment.

The room rates include breakfast too. There were fruits, cold cuts, breads, cheese, muesli, juices, tea, coffee and milk at the buffet bar, and you can order your mains from the waitresses.

Upon the manager's recommendation, we went to a very authentic Italian deli. It is just about 10 minutes walk from the guest house. This shop is almost like our kedai runcit with a stall selling economy rice. You can find almost everything here, and all the prepared food look interesting and delicious!

We ended up with tomato-sauce rigate, couscous and a huge bowl of tomato soup, and this cost only ZAR100.

The best part was, after the meal, we had a nice stroll back to our apartment, with this warm cozy room waiting for us:

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Detail Itinerary: 南非十六天十六夜行程
景点：Company's Garden
景点：Table Mountain - 母亲城的灵魂
景点：Bo Kaap - 缤纷世界里的前尘往事
住宿：B.I.G.
Road Trip：Cape Town to Oudtshoorn
小镇：Oudtshoorn
住宿：Gumtree Guest House
Road Trip: Garden Route之Mossel Bay、George和Wilderness
住宿：Libertas Farm House
景点：Addo Elephant National Park
景点：Amakhala Private Game Reserve
Road Trip: Garden Route之Tsitsikamma
Road Trip: Garden Route之Knysna
住宿：Tides End Manor
Road Trip: Knysna to Hermanus
小镇：Hermanus and Kleinmond 三天两夜
Activity: 寻鲸记
住宿：StoepStories
Road Trip: From Kleinmond to Fishhoek
小镇：Fishhoek
住宿：Dream Villa
小镇：Simon's Town 及 Boulder's Beach
Activity: Cape Peninsula One Day Tour
景点：West Coast National Park
Activity: Hop On Hop Off之一：Kirstenbosch和Groot Constantia
Activity: Hop On Hop Off之二：Harbour Cruise、Downtown和Signal Hill
住宿：Brenwin Guest House
Packing tip: How I Pack for 18 Days South Africa Spring Trip in One Cabin Size Luggage

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

最后，我还是忍不住要写一写Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden。贵为大家公认南非最美的公园，这地方真的迷人。我想，要真想把这公园游完，那应该是好几天的事吧，最好的应该是带上草席，在树阴下野餐，方能真正享受这一个美丽的公园。

花园里依花的品种，分成好多个地区，以及八条路线。我们时间有限，只是把注意力集中在花卉区，以及Canopy walk。

canopy walk

走了一个早上，这才到The Kirstenbosch Tea Room用午餐去。我从来无法抗拒“到公园里用餐”这么浪漫的事，所以到Tea Room来是早已决定的行程。我们到达时，人潮很多，户外座位所剩无几，虽然我们的座位离树木还有一段距离，但毕竟还是不错的。我们点了四样食物，三种饮料，坐在餐厅里慢慢享受、看人来人往、看白云幻变……

吃了午餐，下一趟巴士时间未到，我们就继续慢慢在花园里欣赏春色。HT笑说何必去West Coast National Park呢，这里更鲜艳灿烂。

为了拍这完整的“花海”，我的人只好便成那小小一点

公园里的小溪吸引了许多戏水的小孩

花费：
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden entrance fee R55/pax
Kirstenbosch Tea Room 四人午餐 R450

交通：
Hop-On Hop-Off Blue Mini Peninsula Tour可达

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Monday, 18 April 2016

Hop On Hop Off之二：Harbour Cruise、Downtown和Signal Hill

在Cape Town的最后一天，我们一早就跳上Harbour Cruise绕了一圈。全程约25分钟，绕着V&A看Cape Town渐渐苏醒……

海豹在港口优游自在，不注意时一晃间还以为是鲨鱼来了。它们在这儿住久了，完全不怕生，船靠近了它们依然故我，懒洋洋地躺在轮胎里作日光浴。

周六早晨，游船河真不赖。看远处白云朵朵，看“table cloth”把Table Mountain覆盖、看当地青年玩canoe polo……

游船河后，我们乘Red City Tour Bus完完整整的绕上一圈（约一小时半）。

我喜欢在开篷巴士上吹风，看山看海，深深地把Cape Town烙如心底。Red City Tour路过城市、绕上Table Mountain Cable Car Station、到Camps Bay看还、到Seapoint看有钱人的大户人家、到Greenpoint看灯塔、再路经Stadium回到Two Ocean Aquarium的车站。

我们在Cape Town，去得最多的地方就要数Table Mountain Cable Car Station了，去得太频密了，已经不知道要拍什么角度了，自拍还真的拍了不少。

上不了山的天气

Camps Bay大街

Camps Bay闻名的大浪

在巴士上远眺Camps Bay

Cape Town有钱人的游乐场

Greenpoint的灯塔很上镜

足球迷应该爱煞这stadium吧？

我和HT跳上红线巴士，一路到81 Long Street市区总站转Yellow Downtown Tour Bus，继续好好的看一看Cape Town。Yellow Downtown Tour绕的是比较严肃的历史、种族课题，包括South African Museum、District Six Museum、Castle of Good Hope等。

傍晚五点，我们在V&A Two Ocean Aquarium汇合，乘Sunset Bus Tour上Signal Hill看日落。Sunset Bus Tour并没有得hop-on hop-off，所以全程来回三小时，大部分时间都是在Signal Hill上对着Atlantic Ocean等日落。那一天，风很大，我总算是见识了Cape Town真正的狂风，穿着羽绒服我还觉得冷呢！