Nev and Carol Hall

Pete and Alvina Wall

York - UK

26 October 2006

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I met up with this fabulous foursome at their place of stay, the Cullinan Hotel. It did not take a long time to make friends of of the 4 wonderful folk and we soon were on our way on a Cape Peninsula Tour

We started our journey by ascending Table Mountain where I took the above and below pictures of Alvina and Carol doing "The Titanic"  JJ

Doing the Table Mountain shuffle JJ

We stopped in at Newlands Cricket ground where Pete and Nev had a chance to view the beautiful scenery surrounding the world famous cricket ground.

Pete, Alvina, Carol and nev enjoying a great fish lunch at Kalkies in the Kalk Bay harbour

At the penguin colony on Boulders Beach

Alvina and Carol leaving the penguin colony

The foursome with the Cape of Good Hope in the background while we were on the Cape of Good Hope nature reserve.

The happy foursome at Cape Point

The wind sure was blowing at the point. JJ

Let the words do the talking for themself. JJJJ

At Chapmans Peak on our way back to Cape Town

Carol saying "goodbye cruel world" JJ

Alvina decides to join Carol in her bid feel the icy waters below Chapmans Peak. JJ

We cracked a bottle of champagne for all to enjoy on Chapmans Peak

Alvina and Pete at Chapmans Peak

and not to be outdone in the below picture we see...

Carol and Nev at Chapmans peak

The foursome at Maidens Cove with Camps Bay and the 12 Apostles in the background

We ended our day with a wonderfuil meal at the Africa Cafe

DAY 2

Winelands and Kayamandi

We started this day with a visit to the Afrikaans language monument

Carol and Alvina posing with some King Proteas at the Afrikaans language monument

The foursome with the monument behind them

We stopped in at Backsberg for a winetasting and we simply had to get a message back to our good friend Jim who is back in York

We moved on to Cotage Fromage where we had a wonderful cheese lunch

When arriving in Stellenbosch we paid the local pub "The Dros" a visit

We travelled on to Kayamandi and spent time with the Masakane dance group iat the Ikamva Lethu Centre.

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Click here to view another video of Pete & Nev having fun with Lothando
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Click here to view a video of Carol having fun with Lothando
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We met Lily with her daughters Ati and Thulele at her home in the township.

We also met Nosandile, Johannes and his newborn grandchild at Nosandile's shack home

Carol and a friend in Kayamandi

Having fun with Bana Bagotso (Children of peace)  at the Ikamva Lethu Centre

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This was an absolutely fabulous tour. The Halls and Walls were an absolute delight to travel with. We had so much fun together and the tour was a non stop enjoyable event. We experienced much together and shared much as to what was happening in South Africa today. The fun on tour was contagious to say the very least. This was truly a fun event per minute tour and the memory of this journey is going to stay with me for a long time.

THANKS FOR ALL

NEV AND CAROL

PETE AND ALVINA