The Green Man does not exist in Cape Town. Neither does the traffic system / highway code. Cape Town is full of crazy drivers: I was so close to getting run over a thousand times today and I was not the only one! Infact, people just run across the road and pray they don't get hit. When the Green Man appears drivers don't stop, and he only appears for a whole 3 seconds. Occasionally nice drivers will stop when the little man turns red, but not always. This confuses Capetonians let alone fellow travellers like me!

This was while I walked 50 minutes from my backpackers, Zebra Crossing, to the V & A Waterfront. God was it worth it! The harbour is gorgeous with so much history behind it. I stopped at a bar called the Little Mermaid (how cool!) and enjoyed my orange juice whilst overlooking the harbour and Table Mountain.

There was some local entertainment dotted about, including a very good group of 10 Gospel singers from the township Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town. They were so good I bought there album for R100 so I can play it over and over when I get back to the UK.

I browsed around the shops and started to make my way back, which this time took about 40 minutes as the remaining 10 were me running away from cars which were speeding towards my direction… so that shortened by journey back.

Just off Long Street I strolled up towards Wale Street and into the Bo Kapp (Malay Quarter of Cape Town). It's situated on the slope of Signal Hill and full of multicultural history, mainly contributed by early Muslim settlers. The Bo Kapp Museum (R10 entrance fee) is worth a look and has a great photography exhibition on the top floor. This area is where the first Muslim Mosque was established in South Africa. But what I found most interesting about Bo Kapp were the beautiful homes painted with fiery colors of fuchsia pinks, yellows and turquoise blues. Definitely not to miss!