Cape Town, Part 1

Hi Folks! Hope you are all splendid :)

After our fun week in Jo'burg we were on our way to Cape Town, Ryan's parents live there and I also have a bunch of friends from there so we were super pumped to be going.
We arrived in The Cape with Ryan's mum picking us up (first time meeting the mum!) and as soon as we started heading in to Cape Town I knew I was going to love it! Oh my its so pretty!
Instead of going straight back to the house Louise took us on a little drive to I could see a bit of Cape Town, it was such a beautiful day and this is the first view i got!

We were up on a historical site (I can't remember what it was called...eeeeek) but to get your bearings, if you turned the corner to your left you would see Table Mountain.
After a bit of sightseeing we went and ate some delish food at a very pretty hotel/restaurant - I was so excited about eating food here...I am always excited about eating food but when it comes to a new country or city all I want to do is eat!

Ryan's Parents live in a little town called Fish Hoek - It is about 30 mins from the center of Cape Town, closer to Cape Point - which by the way is B E A utiful.

It was so nice being in this little town, being surrounded my mountains was lovely but wow it could get windy. Nearly everyday you could hear the Shark alarm going off on the beach, sometimes more than 3 times a day it would go off, it was so scary but each time I wanted to race down to the beach to see if I could spot one! On every beach they have shark flags and each colour means something different and if it is black with a white outline of a shark that means one has been spotted and the flags were always black and white! One day I will get my Shark sighting....one day.

A Highlight of Cape Town for me was catching up with my lovely friends, I hardly get to see them so to spend two months with them was amaze. Many nights we went out drinking...everything is so cheap!! especially because we were on the Pound.

They took me to some amazing places while I was with them, we went to so many wineries, a football match at the new stadium they built for the Soccer World Cup and to many amazing restaurants and bars.
One day Micah took me to Camps Bay for some cocktails and a walk along the beach, it is so beautiful there

If Cape Town wasn't so windy most of the time you could definitely call this paradise, the only problem is the sea water is always freeeezing and there are many sharks hanging around!!

One week Ryan's sister and her boyfriend came down from Jo'Burg for a little visit which was nice. Gareth is a huge fishing lover so one day we went with him to Cape Point to fish. It took about 30 mins to drive there, when you get to the national park you have to pay to get in (pretty expensive) but we got to see baboons, ostrich's and other funny little creatures! The baboons were very funny, the stories I heard from people, how they would just walk into your house and steal from the fridge!! haha.

We got to the fishing spot but had to walk down a huge cliff to get there, that was mighty scary but once we got down to this flat rock it was so beautiful!

There were a few other Fishermen there but apparently its a spot that not many people know about...fair enough too, the track to get to it would kill you if you took a wrong turn! I did not fish because i feel sorry for them..poor things being hooked. The others got into it though but mwahahahaha they did not catch anything!

Around the mountain from Ryan's house is a little town called Simon's Town, It is were the Navy people stay and huge ships are stationed there. Apart from it being a navy town it is also home to some stunning views! We went there one day and had a million oysters and a bottle of wine sitting in the sun and it was heaven! There is also a beach near there where you can hang out with penguins!! eeeee they were so cute!

So folks, that is all from me this week but once again I will leave you with some stunning Photo's that should make you want to go to South Africa!! Just do it...

Peace xx

South Africa - Jo'burg

Hi my chinas! I hope you are all Lekker :)

Last year when Ryan and I left England we decided to spend a couple of months in South Africa! I was so excited as I have always wanted to go there - Ryan is from there so he wasn't as pumped as me but he got to see his fam which is always nice!
We decided to spend a week in Jo'burg as that is where Ryan's sister (Sarah) lives, I was SO excited to be going to S.A!
We arrived at the airport and Sarah's bf picked us up - driving back to their house all i could judge of Jo'burg was it had huge freeways and all houses were in little safe complexes and each complex had guards and either electric fences or barbed wire (I was a little freaked out!)

One of the days we were in Jo'burg we went to a restaurant called Moyas. Moyas is an outdoors restaurant that serves traditional South African food - I couldn't wait to try different foods!

The waitresses were dressed in colourful robes and came around and offered to paint your face (not the whole thing like kids get) but nice little delicate flowers, they were really good at it too! Check out my flowers!

We had a delicious lunch, I met some of Ryan's mates which made me a bit nervous - you know - you gotta be yourself and make sure they like you!! But after a few drinks we all had some great laughs (apart from Ryan who had been out the night before until like 7am) and we all became besties! hehe.
I tried Springbok for the first time, it was really yummy - a mixture of pork and chicken i suppose. I did not eat this Springbok but in case you do not know what they look like here ya go:

Moyas came to an end and it was just a perfect day in Jo'burg - My favourite thing to do is sit in the sun, eating and drinking amazingness and speak with fun interesting people.

Now this next photo I am putting up is purely for a laugh...haha when I saw him I thought it was the best thing ever...he loved me giving him attention as well! We were walking across the park to get back to the cars and he was riding along and i had to stop him!

OK now to talk about my highlight of being in South Africa, I have dreamed about this for years and it finally came true, it was 5 minutes of bliss and I wish I could do it all of the time :(

PLAYING WITH BABY LIONS!!!!!! aka Lion Cubs

We got to go inside their enclosure for 5 minutes and play with them! oh it was so magical. They were soooo cute and i just wanted to squish them...I didn't because they were defiantly stronger than me and those claws could have ripped me into bits but oh i really wanted to! When we got into their enclosure they were sleeping which was a big bummer but they eventually woke!

oooo look at how cute they are! The white lion cub was so big, he is going to be a big boy when he is fully grown. Being around them was so amazing, I love cats and these guys were just giant cats and it was so much fun!

 After our 5 minutes was up....it only felt like 1 minute :( we went around the rest of the park and got to drive through the Lion area, now this was cool - there was no barrier between us and the lions apart from our cars and it was so tempting to wind down the window to get a good photo. At one point the car behind us must have looked like their feeding car because 2 of the male lions (huge mo fo's!) were jumping all over it and the people inside were freaking out! i secretly wished it happened to us - haha yeah I'm weird like that. These white lions were amazing - apparently there aren't many left in the world which is mighty sad.

It was feeding time while we were in there, they were munching on the biggest limbs ever, they all had blood around their mouths which was a bit ewww.
Jo'burg was great fun and I loved all the people i met - but I could not wait to get to Capetown and see my friends that live there! Next week my post will be on the Cape so make sure you stay tuned! Now I will leave you with a photo of a Giraffe that got its foot stuck in a pot plant! hehe

Peace xx