Durban and Cape Town

From the Drakensberg we drove to Durban to stay with Andy and Lorraine, friends from the project. We were only in Durban a short time but enjoyed what we saw. The soccer stadium, built for the 2010 World Cup, is a fantastic building. A huge arch spans the stadium and they have a cable car running up to the top, a clever way to make sure the stadium doesn't become a white elephant like some sports arenas built for big one off events.

The stadium. The cable car is half way up on the right hand side of the arch.

The view from the top.

The big Cape Town events were a drive down the peninsular to The Cape of Good Hope and a walk up Table Mountain.

Looking from Camps Bay ( where the rich and famous live! ) down the peninsular.

Interesting part of the road built into the rock.

Andrew at Cape of Good Hope. Cape Point is in the back ground.

Looking up the track to the top of Table Mountain. We are heading for the notch in the rock. The proteas and other flowers were gorgeous and we saw sunbirds. It took us an hour and a half to climb the 600 m from the road and we were sweating!

Looking back down to Cape Town CBD. 

We rode back down on the cable car to save our knees! Took comfort in the fact that we weren't the only ones to do so. Lions Head looks huge from sea level but tiny from up here. 

We spent a pleasant few hours at the Victoria & Alfred waterfront development. 

One drizzly day we went for a drive in the mountains south of Wellington. The winter flowers were in full  bloom - the yellow proteas were a highlight. 

Die Tolhuis - a nice place to stop for coffee near Ceres.