Adventures of NaDave: H'moon 17

Leaving Zambia & Zimbabwe

With Nadine’s red-colored legs, we packed up and met our driver. We got to the border, and our other driver was there to pick us up, hooray! (the cars didn’t cross borders, they simply dropped you off to be picked up) We walked inside, and the border agent took our passports and began to simply stamp them to let us pass. Could we get lucky! With mine done, she then looked at Nadine’s and noticed we had other stamps that required us to pay again. Rats! We almost had made it through. I handed her the dirtiest pile of cash ever, she looked at it, looked at me, then counted the total, and off we went. Phew, no major issues. We got the airport just fine and on our way out, the Kenya Airways pilot said we were cleared for a quick fly over Victoria Falls for a view. We were fortunately on the right side of the plane to see it from above…wow, so beautiful.

We had survived Vic Falls, and would probably do it differently next time, but hey, it was an adventure. Up next was our final major stop Cape Town!

Arrive to Cape Town
We each read up about Cape Town while on the plane. There was so much to take in about this city as it was the most modern city of the entire trip. As the plane got ready for landing, we looked out the window and saw Table Mountain and the whole city! We took one look and got excited!

We got through customs and immigration no problem, and got our rental car too easy also. We had a SIMcard and off we went (driving again on the wrong side!). As we left the airport, there was a giant sign about the local drought, "save water like a local" was the message, we had no idea!

We got to the Parliament Hotel nestled in the middle of the city, and planned our evening. Nadine's legs were irritated from the bug bites, but she said 'lets go' and toughed it out. The weather was beautiful for a hike, so we headed over to Lions Head for an early glimpse of the whole city.

We drove up to Cannon Hill and enjoyed the beautiful sights in every direction. The views of Table Mountain were amazing. We also saw some paragliders launching towards the Atlantic Ocean to the west. We were tempted to do it, but the price was a little steep.

Next we headed to Lion's Head hike, and headed for the top. It was not an easy hike, and we planned such that we'd catch sunset on the way back down. As we looked around, everyone was in amazing shape! Tons of fit people were doing the hike, so we joined right in. Immediately the hike starts off with a steep incline, so we were sweating in minutes. There were amazing views of the surrounding city and landscapes. And towards the very top, the hike gets very steep and requires using all 4 limbs. We got to the top and cooled our heals for a bit...Nadine had brought two small bottles of wine she kept from the plane ride, so we enjoyed some vino! We could have stayed for hours, but the sun was setting and were unprepared to hike in the dark. About halfway done, we caught the sunset and then happily walked back to the car hand-in-hand.

We got back to the hotel, washed up, and headed out to find dinner. We walked upon a nice restaurant with a great menu, and enjoyed our official 6 month anniversary dinner! The staff even made us a celebrity plate!

What a great day, and we were safely in our final city. We had 3 full days to tackle Cape Town...but we'd quickly learn that the Wind would get crazy and wreak havoc all over.

View of Table Mountain from Airplane (Lion's Head on right)