I love Cape Town

I have travelled to a few places in the world but always get a lump in my throat when I return back to this gorgeous place I call home. I absolutely love being in Cape Town because despite what people may say, it is by far the best place to be anywhere in the world.  Summer days and nights are spent mainly outdoors soaking up the sunshine, sipping mocktails and sharing stories around the braai with friends and family. I especially enjoy spending time acting like a tourist in my own city just to appreciate it a little more.  Here are some highlights of our beautiful city and the surrounds. 

Spent  a few days in Franschoek at L'ermitage 

A friend and I spent a spa day at Sante Wellness in Stellenbosch

Red Bus Tour with Uthmaan and Mum

Fun times hanging out at Mount Nelson Hotel

Beautiful Llandudno

Chilling at Eden on the Bay

Breathtaking view from Eden on the Bay

Weekend away in Arniston

Catching the waves and soaking up the sun in arniston

Cape Aghulhas stop over

Breakfast at Greenpoint Park

Beautiful sunset over the City

Hiking through Kirstenbosch

and hiking up to Table Mountain

Reaching the top of Table Mountain via Platteklip Gorge

Sea Point promenade 

Moullie Point lighthouse

 breathtaking view of Cape Town from Table Mountain

Visiting the Cape Town Stadium for an event

Sunset concerts at Kirstenbosch Gardens

Love..love the Parlotones...can you tell???

Late night concert at Grandwest Arena

Rock concerts at Grandwest Arena

V&A Waterfront shopping

Ratanga Junction Theme Park

Tweede Tol 

Fun in Long Street

Ziplining through Plettenberg Bay

Tee-ing off after work at the Riverside Golf Club

More concerts at sunset - Paarl Val de Vie

K-day Festival concerts host a line up of amazing local talent

Sundowner mocktails in Camps Bay

Followed by awesome sushi meals

Roadtripping through Hermanus

Spent a day in Gaansbaai

Sunset over the "baai"

Most memorable holiday

My good friend Inga and I wanted to do something special and memorable for our upcoming 30th birthday. We had been working hard all year and decided that going away for a relaxing time somewhere exotic would be the perfect way to bring in this new decade of our lives. Inga was in Europe at the time at some or other convention and I was depressed at doing the same thing all the time and that was when we decided to book our trip to Zanzibar. We decided to go for a week and wanted to just relax and have fun. The idea was not to think about work at all and bring in the new era of being 30 and fabulous. We stayed in the south east of Zanzibar and had the time of our lives. 

Welcome to Zanzibar

Inga getting ready to enjoy the R&R

Our home for the next week. We chose this place because
of the young trendy vibe that we could relate to

Massage parlour

That is what the massage parlour looks like from outside

and that is all you wanna do after that...and that is
where i stayed

sipping on mock tails

Late night dips!!

Breath taking views

We visited Stone Town and did some sightseeing with scooters around the island, swam with dolphins, snorkeled in the most amazing clear blue sea water and partied with the locals on the beach front and of course did some local dining and shopping . All in all the most relaxing holiday that I have had. I was ready to welcome the big 3-0 and look forward to the years ahead. Happy birthday to us!!!

The dhow - boat like structure still in operation in Zanzibar

White sandy beaches

hanging out at the pool area

Inga actually celebreated her birthday there
Happy Birthday Worsie!!!

Stone Town

Locals in Stone Town, i was fascinated with their doors
and its craftsmanship

Tour of the Spice Farm  - look at out intensity at trying to
figure out the different spices

And the locals made us hats out of leaves. LOL

and of course we shopped

we tried the local means of transport and had so much fun -
i broke my flip flops on this attempt!!

and the next day we hired scooters and travelled
around the island

After falling thrice and badly bruising myself, i was so ready!!
Cant you tell???LOL

Looking good my friend

Look at the shades of blue in the background and clearly
i love this place

and this was my attempt at taking an I LOVE ZANZIBAR pic
of Inga:) ooops!!

Snorkelling with the dolphins, who are not visible in this
pic but believe me we wake up really early to swim with them
(ask Inga)

and then as daylight broke and the dolphins
disappeared we continued to snorkel

as nightfall broke we spotted a club that was playing
really cool music and broke it down with the locals
- kickass party

Food night market in stone town

yay!! thanks for a memorable trip my friend
and may our 30's be as fabulous as we are!!