Ed & Sue's Adventures

04:30 alarm call, 5am coffee, by 5:30 we are off on the game drive with our guide Peter. According to my personal guide, she confidently tells us we saw 10 species, which was quickly updated to 12 as she was reminded of others, and then she went quiet. We had coffee with Amarula in it […]

We are woken up by the alarm and finish packing and have breakfast before our transfer to the airport for travel up country. Sue’s clothes have put on weight as they are now 4kg over the flight weight. We leave the hotel on the coach at 08:00 and get to the Airport in 30 mins. […]

We were up before the alarm for a tour of the vineyards. There is another letter under the door. Our transfer departure tomorrow is now 8 am. After breakfast, we catch the courtesy bus to the waterfront, but ask our very obliging driver to drop us off where we are due to meet our tour. […]

We were awake early after an early night last night. No late night shows or cocktail parties on tap. We now have to fend for ourselves. A letter has been pushed under our door saying our pick up on the 4th is at 12:45, however an email sent to us two days ago said our […]

The final curtain. We get up and finish packing our carry-on bags or should that be carry-off-bags. Looking from our balcony I can see over 1000 peoples main luggage being placed on the dockside ready for collection. We head off to the buffet for coffee and breakfast before departing for the gangway at our allocated […]

We arrived in port early in the morning. This is the view of Table Mountain from our cabin this morning, and it is clear and sunny. We leave the ship tomorrow morning, so decide, as it is clear, today is the day to go to the top. We have a leisurely breakfast and pack before […]

It’s a big day today in several ways. Its wash day and the cabin washer woman has found the laundry and commandeered two machines. We now have to wait 40 mins to swap the wet items into the drier. I took the precaution of sending my shirts to the ships laundry, and they have arrived […]

We get up early again today, at 7 am, ready for breakfast before our trip ashore. At 7:30, we bowled down to the dining room to discover the restaurant was empty. This is when we checked the programme and found it does not open until 8 am. So we set off back up 5 floors […]

An alarm is required today as we have to attend South African immigration before breakfast at 8am. This will speed things up for us tomorrow before we go on a port visit trip, and also when we leave the ship at Cape Town. A lot of people are leaving the ship on trips today, but […]

It is strange how it happens, but although we have no need to get up, we wake at 8am. In view of this, we continue our calorie loading with a full breakfast in the dining room. The choice then is either to go on a long walk in circles on the deck or go to […]