The paranoia about getting mugged on my way to visiting the relatives was too much to be hopping on public transport.. The amount of bums and freaks that approached me in Cape Town train station asking for money and telling me to be careful on the train was enough to justify my decision to hop in a taxi. I was thinking a thirty dollar cab was better than the chance of having my wallet, Iphone and camera snatched or forced from me.. F that! The taxi driver looked...

Lashing rain this morning, finally! Forecasted for the day so a few hours bumming around the lodge chatting to the tourists coming and going to pass the time. Lots of Germans staying here now to study English, I told them I'm a journalist- I'm on holidays so no grammar questions will be answered.. I suppose when most people go on holiday they want to relax in the sun, but I prefer to see/do as much as possible so lazing about is not very exciting for me( ADHD Bo...

I'm a little bit drunk now writing this update after finishing up our tour in a township shebeen ( aka a local pub) drinking a few black labels and playing pool with the locals.. The township we visited was a pretty run down area of Cape Town as to be expected. Our tour guide Muzi, another nutjob.. brought us around his neighborhood and introduced us to lots of the friendly locals. The town we visited has been receiving a lot of support by the Niall Mellon Towns...

Not a bad start to my final week..there's a new girl at reception who I asked to book the shark dive for me. I'm not sure she realized to take commission as she gave me the tour guide rate that is almost half the price of the advertised cost.. Ah well that's her problem, so less than $100 to do a cage dive with great whites is sorted for later in the week! Was going to hike up Table Mountain today but it's very cloudy so off to a township (aka shanty town) this...

After a fairly restless night again, it was off to Robben Island for the day to do something constructive and hopefully ease the two day hangover. I won't comment on the weather anymore, just assume it's very hot unless I say otherwise.. The boat trip to Robben Island is probably the most popular thing to do here it seems. Tickets for the next three days were sold out, but the Irish charm( aka lies...) got me on the only trip today. As I watched others stagger a...