Hard fact but the truth.
In 2010 when the soccer world cup goes off we will hopefully have more than 20 fighter pilots. We have no fighter pilots, no one to drive submarines and this all because of Affirmative action. Welcome to Africa people. Where more people get killed everyday than in a war zone. [...]
This weekend we went to Stellenbosch during the day. Actually it was on Saturday. There is this busy part of Stellenbosch central where they have all these small shops for tourists. Very nice. Its the same street that the Gereformeerde Kerk is in. A huge tower over most of the town and then that small [...]
As small as bikini beach is, its still the favourite beach for tourists and people coming for holiday to the Helderberg area as well as locals. On the harbour itself there is a big restaurant and bar which might also be some of the attraction. The harbour is very busy during december because as you [...]
The Victoria Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town is a famous tourist mall with many restaurants. Some of Cape Town’s most famous restaurants reside in the waterfront in Cape Town. The V A Waterfront is also one of the most famous places for events and some interesting happenings. The best time of year to go to [...]
A few years ago Rooiels used to be just a few houses but now there is a small town and even Restaurants and Accommodation in the center of Rooiels Town. Rooiels is about 20minutes drive from Somerset West and is becoming a major tourist attraction in the overberg. The overberg actually only starts at Kleinmond [...]
The best photos of Helderberg can be taken from Irene avenue up in Somerset West. Well that is the best sunset photos of Helderberg. This was the last photo of the day. Somerset West as some of the best accommodation with views like this its no wonder that tourists come from all over the world [...]
From the amazing sand dunes in Hout Bay in Cape Town. As you can see in this photo Chapman’s peak in the distance with Hout Bay and the beach in the middle. Hout Bay is a top tourist destination in South Africa and has a lot of accommodation available. Hout Bay also has some of [...]
Kleinmond harbour shops. In the previous photo I was standing at the same place facing the harbour. Here I have turned to the right. This is how close the restaurants is to the harbour. Kleinmond is attracting more and more tourists each year. Accommodation is everywhere. There used to be factories here and almost no [...]
As I said earlier, today we went driving and went passed Kleinmond. This is a photo of Kleinmond harbour. From where I was standing you could see a lot of shops and restaurants that did not used to be there. Kleinmond is becoming a real tourist attraction. Kleinmond also has some great accommodation available and [...]
While driving through many places in South Africa you will almost always see small gravel roads going down somewhere. Usually you think it just someone’s property and that you would soon find a no entry sign when you turn off. That is not the case. We take those roads and the lead us to the [...]
This is the sign to Cecilia Park on Table Mountain. We stopped off there yesterday. Got a bit of a shock by two army guys with guns but they probably protecting the tourists from the “bandits” that hang around on Table Mountain. Although they say stick to the path I am still not sure where [...]
I guess Helderberg is the best but also the worst place to start this thing we are doing. Helderberg has everything to offer but because I have lived here all my life its hard to find those things that would stand out to tourists. I mean everything here seems so boring but still thousands of [...]
We are from Helderberg, a small place in the Western Cape. According to most people Helderberg consists out of Somerset West, Strand, Gordons bay and some say Stellenbosch, but to be safe we will leave Stellenbosch out of this. Helderberg is one of those small communities where everyone knows everyone. And if you do something [...]