{"id":2887,"date":"2013-08-30T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jjcaptures.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2017-05-14T12:05:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T17:05:47","slug":"south-africa-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeswinjoseph.com\/wordpress\/travel\/south-africa-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

“As usual I\u2019m quite tardy in posting up this blog entry of our amazing trip to South Africa.\u00a0 Easily one of the best places I\u2019ve ever visited.\u00a0 From this blog entry on, I\u2019ve divested the actual blog part of my pho-blog to Neethu.\u00a0 Before we provide the details of the trip itself, a few background incidents leading up to the trip deserve mentioning.\u00a0 The idea for a South Africa trip came about thanks to a good friend of Neethu from Azerbaijan who was getting married in a town called Knysna, which is roughly halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.\u00a0 Since the wedding was close enough to my birthday, we decided to go for it.\u00a0 Upon hearing our plans, our good friends Avi and Nano decided to join us for the trip as well.<\/p>\n

About a week before our trip, hurricane Sandy caused all kinds of havoc on the New York\/New Jersey area.\u00a0 As luck would have it, our connecting flight to Johannesburg was from\u2026 you guessed it\u2026 NYC.\u00a0 Even worse, our flight plan for some reason had us flying into Newark from Houston and then changing airports to JFK for our connection to Jo\u2019burg.\u00a0 As a proactive measure, I called United to see if I should perhaps re-route our flight via Europe since the situation in NY area looked pretty dire.\u00a0 After staying on the phone with them for a while, United in all their wisdom canceled our confirmed booking without confirming an alternate itinerary!\u00a0 Naturally, when I called back our seats were taken up by folks\u00a0 who were already stranded in the NY area due to the hurricane.\u00a0 It took two days of constant calls between United and South African airways before we finally managed to resolve it and get back on our original flight plan.<\/p>\n

One would think that is enough drama prior to a journey.\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Neethu and I are just beyond happy we\u2019re actually going to make this trip and sitting at the lounge waiting for Avi and Nano to join us when I get a call from him.\u00a0 I knew as soon as I picked up the phone and heard his voice that something was off.\u00a0 Long story short, they couldn\u2019t make the trip due to some passport issues.\u00a0 It goes without saying that we (and not to mention they) were pretty bummed about it, but had to make the most of it now that it went from being a group trip to just a couple trip.\u00a0 So that\u2019s the background story of this trip.<\/p>\n

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Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

We landed in Jo\u2019burg airport after almost full day of air travel, and made our way to the hotel following the directions of the Budget Rental Car Representative, who gave us clear directions to avoid the inner city streets.\u00a0 When we reached the hotel we needed a quick picker upper so we had a cappuccino before heading to Maropeng (part of the Cradle of Human Kind) – a very educational museum that exhibits the birth of human kind and much more, including a really old reptile fossil from Texas.\u00a0 Following the advice from trip advisor, we decided to skip out on the Sterkfontein caves that is about 8 km away from Maropeng.\u00a0 We drove back through another route following the easy to follow roadmap and headed back to Rosebank where we were staying.\u00a0 The concierge adviced us to stay around there as opposed to drive in the city (the locals are not very keen on tourists roaming the city streets by themselves) and so we roamed the malls of Rosebank and ate our first meal at Nando’s, which was the best meal I had the entire trip.\u00a0 The extra hot peri peri half chicken and corn were sooo delicious!\u00a0 The mall by the way was packed with coffee shops –\u00a0 heaven!<\/p>\n

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Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next morning, we woke up really early for the long car ride to Tydon Safari.\u00a0 We were supposed to have a stop over at Dullstrom for a coffee break but decided to zip through and end up at Ocean’s Basket (which is a chain with amazing king clip fish and calamari).\u00a0 Our next stop was supposed to be Blyde River Canyon which completely threw us off the map.\u00a0 Piece of advice – always carry a GPS when you\u2019re traveling because you never know when it’ll be handy!\u00a0\u00a0 This ridiculous detour did take us to some random reserve (Madras Game Reserve?) where we found some not so happy giraffes.\u00a0 By the time we ended up at Tydon Safari, it was pitch dark.\u00a0 I will save the adventure to the camp itself for verbal chit chat, but lets just say we had no idea which side of the fence we were on.\u00a0 We ended the night with a campfire dinner of South African cuisine prepared by our guide Lyam, with a bunch of old British folk.\u00a0 Walking back to the tent, we saw a scorpion on the dirt road, which meant sleeping in peace was out of the question; however the clear blue starry night and the sound of animals humming around us made it an incredible camping experience.<\/p>\n

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Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

The safari started at 5:45 am.\u00a0 We first saw a giant kudo followed by a hyena, and then a field of impalas.\u00a0 After that we easily spotted the big 3:\u00a0 buffalo, rhino and elephant.\u00a0 Unfortunately we didn’t run across a lion or a leopard which was a bit disappointing.\u00a0 Fact:\u00a0 leopard is the hardest to spot.\u00a0 It was amazing to watch our second guide sitting in front of the safari van just sniff out these animals from miles away.\u00a0 Our first safari ended mid morning, leaving us with enough time to make a trip to the mysterious Blyde River Canyon. This time we had a game plan and followed clear instructions.\u00a0 We made a quick pit stop at Gaskrop for food – chicken liver is apparently a favorite in this part of the world.\u00a0 We finally reached the long stretch of a canyon, which was breathtaking to say the least.\u00a0 We made several stops in between to see waterfalls and other picture worthy parts of the canyon.<\/p>\n

We had a second safari scheduled for that evening with a bigger group, including a couple from Houston.\u00a0 The safari was more or less the same with no lion or leopard again, but this time we spotted a wildebeest and hippo.\u00a0\u00a0 I think two of our greatest moments of the second safari was getting out of the van to stretch our feet and watch the sunset with a castle beer in one hand, and having our guide stop the Land Rover and point out a chamberlain cameleon in pitch dark hiding in the bushes as he was driving (some mad skills there).\u00a0 We capped the night with a Malayasian dinner (minced meat) and Amarula.<\/p>\n

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Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

We woke up bright and early again, and decided that we were enjoying this safari business a lot; So, we decided to have a self drive through Kruger National Park.\u00a0 It was more of a rush drive so we didn’t get to stop a lot to enjoy since we were in a hurry to catch a flight, but we did see more impalas, an elephant, a warthog who we named pumba, a tortoise, monkeys and kudus.\u00a0\u00a0 We stopped over at Skukuza for cappuccino and an ATM run before leaving through the Numbi gate of the park.\u00a0 By the time the drive through the park was over, I think we covered most of our drive to the Mpumalanga Kruger Airport – it’s a long stretch of a park.\u00a0 We squeezed a meal at Wimpy’s (fast food) before heading out to Cape Town.<\/p>\n

We reached Cape Town mid afternoon and had our first meal \/ b52 shooters at Cafe Mojito in Long Street which was a block away from where we were staying.\u00a0 I absolutely loved long street.\u00a0 We ate at so many places that night, and celebrated Jeswin’s 29th birthday in style.\u00a0 Food is so cheap here!<\/p>\n

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Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama won!!!\u00a0 We started the day with breakfast at the hotel lounge where we heard the good news (or at least I did) since Jeswin and I have differing political views haha.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The hotel had booked our ferry to Robben Island for that afternoon but once we got to the ticket counter, we found out they had made the booking for the wrong day!\u00a0\u00a0 With some Rands (ZA currency) thrown at them, we were able to get on the ferry for that afternoon.\u00a0 To kill time while waiting for the ferry, we strolled through the market square to look at neat artifacts (including ridiculously overpriced copper jewelry) and ocean aquarium, ordered lemon poppy seed muffin to go, spotted a BP office (which prompted us to consider moving here), and even booked our abseiling for the following day at the tourist center.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All in all, a very productive stroll waiting for the ferry.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ferry was a little late but we finally arrived at Robben Island – where we were greeted by a young tour guide who was very much tip worthy.\u00a0\u00a0 He took us around the island on a bus and gave us a very lengthy history.\u00a0 The second part of the tour was with an apartheid era political prisoner who gave us his personal account and showed us Nelson Mandela’s prison cell.\u00a0\u00a0 Jeswin and I were both surprised to find out that there were people from our home state in India (Kerala), who were held as prisoners at this Island.\u00a0\u00a0 I had never known that about my people and\u00a0 it left us feeling as if we had a deeper connection to this island.\u00a0\u00a0 As we headed back to the dock to go back into town, we spotted oyster birds and penguins – so odd to see penguins on this prison island.<\/p>\n

We decided to walk back to the hotel to explore Cape Town on our own and we found a KFC on the way.\u00a0 Jeswin did make his KFC tasting here but his ruling is “it’s still only second best to Dubai”.\u00a0 If it was first best, I think we would be living in Cape Town by now.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After our KFC stop, we walked to the Green Market square where prices were all over the place.\u00a0 I put my bargaining skills to good use here and ended up with a few souvenirs!<\/p>\n

We then took a break and headed to Company Gardens.\u00a0\u00a0 The garden was ok – not so fancy but lots and lots of flowers and trees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We then passed by House of Parliament, National Gallery and Caste of Good Hope.\u00a0\u00a0 Too bad that day there were no fashion runways in front of the castle!\u00a0\u00a0 On the way back to the hotel, we spotted a really interesting food spot (which was shown on the movie, \u2018Safe House\u2019).\u00a0 It’s called Eastern Food Bazaar<\/em> and they have all kinds of Indian\/Chinese food for really cheap.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I ended up eating chicken masala dosa, chili fries ( I give a C for the fries), and gelato for dessert.<\/p>\n

We capped the night with a glass of scotch.<\/p>\n

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Day 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

We woke up bright and early to abseil off Cape Town’s Table Mountain because we had nothing better to do!!\u00a0\u00a0 They had cancelled quite a few of these because of the wind, so we had to call to make sure it was actually happening.\u00a0 By the time we parked the car, had a guy “watch” our car (there are a lot of these car watchmen in popular tourist location in ZA) and got to the bottom of the mountain, the line for the cable car up to the mountain was epic.\u00a0\u00a0 Word of advice – buy your cable car tickets online and you get to skip the line. The view once you’re up there though is worth the wait, but the thought of jumping off the mountain… not so great!\u00a0\u00a0 We somehow managed to gather the courage to propel ourselves (or abseil) off the mountain and once it was a done deal, we were both pretty happy and proud for doing it.\u00a0 We even made a video for our close friends who were getting married back in US the minute we landed on our feet, to say that “Marriage is like taking a leap of faith…” and how we’re kind of happy with our leap.\u00a0\u00a0 The hike back up to the mountain is a bit tricky so make sure you have someone tagging along with you.<\/p>\n

We then drove to Cape Point but on the way we stopped over at Boulder’s Beach to watch the crazy mean penguins bask in the sun.\u00a0 By the time we reached Cape Point, it was almost sunset.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The wind was extremely choppy so we ended up seeing Good Hope from the Light House at Cape Point.<\/p>\n

We had dinner at Simon’s Town where we had amazing Dorado fish from Cafe Pescado and then headed back to our hotel.<\/p>\n

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Day 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

We made the long journey to the little port town of Hermanus, where November is the season of southern right whales chilling by the seaside.\u00a0 Unfortunately we only saw a couple – thanks to global warming!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We did enjoy some great King Clip in peri peri sauce and paella at Pan y Vino as we people watched.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then we made our journey back through the Stellenbosch wine country where the view from each winery was better than the one before.\u00a0 We stopped at Meerlust winery where we liked the Rubicon, and surprisingly pleased with the chardonnay.\u00a0 Our next stop was Kanonkop with lots of pinotage options.\u00a0\u00a0 We ended up buying the Pinotage Rose.<\/p>\n

From the wineries, we headed to Camps Bay and Clifton Beach (which was kind of tucked away).\u00a0 I was not so happy with the beaches mostly because you have to walk across the street for drinks.\u00a0\u00a0 The view however was amazing especially at Maiden’s cove with the 12 apostles by the mountainside.<\/p>\n

We then had our last meal at our favorite city of Cape Town at the Malay Quarters called Bismiellah – exquisite to say the least!\u00a0 The walk through the neighborhood may feel like bit unsafe (although it is really quite safe) so you maybe better off going there during the daytime if you\u2019re not in an adventurous mood.<\/p>\n

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Day 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another day of waking up early.\u00a0\u00a0 We flew via Airlink to George where we had more rental car problems.\u00a0\u00a0 Whenever you book through a 3rd party, make sure you have a confirmation number from the 3rd party AND the rental car company!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We ended up wasting a lot of time at the airport, but we did get out with enough time to stop over at Sedgefield craft market to buy a rhino figure.\u00a0 We then made our way to Knysna, where we tried to find this Tabasco bottle restaurant that was recommended by one of the safari tour guides.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that failed but we did end up at this Tapas n Oyster Restaurant at Thesen Island with yummy oysters, prawns, snout fish salad (looks like tuna), Braii (sticky pork ribs) and Bosun (locally brewed beer).\u00a0\u00a0 We then headed speedily to our Bay View Guest apartment (owned by a cute older couple) to get ready for Svetlana and Brent’s wedding at Villa Castollini.\u00a0 The view from the venue was breathtaking – gorgeous water and pictiresque view of the\u00a0 town of Knysna.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All in all, we had a great time dancing and soaking in South African culture via guests and performances.\u00a0 Side note, we met a guest who has been to over 100 safaris!<\/p>\n

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Day 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

We left Knysna and headed to George’s airport (terrible Dolce Vita coffee served here!).\u00a0\u00a0 We arrived at Joburg, ate at Nando’s once again, and took a taxi for 600 Rands roundtrip to Apartheid Museum.\u00a0 Definitely go to the museuem – the lay itself is so meaningful and tastefully done!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We absolutely could’ve spent more time here if we had any, but unfortunately we had to head back to the airport to catch our flight back home.\u00a0 We did manage to have a good cappuccino at Woolworth’s, shop at Out of Africa and buy Nando’s peri peri sauce before we boarded our long flight back to Houston.<\/p>\n

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All in all, we had a great trip with Cape Town being our favorite part.\u00a0\u00a0 I think we both have finally agreed on where we want to live at some point in our life outside of Houston.<\/p>\n

A couple of things that surprised me about the entire trip is that locals don’t know where anything is located – be it Apartheid Suseum, Camp’s Bay, Hout Bay, Simon’s town etc.\u00a0 I’m not sure if it’s my accent that they don’t understand or maybe it’s them that I don’t understand.\u00a0 All said however, super nice and friendly people!<\/p>\n

Another thing that surprised me was the food.\u00a0 I had some preconceived notion about Peri Peri after having dined at Houston’s South African Restaurant, but the Peri Peri sauce from the local chain of Nando’s was amazing.<\/p>\n

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