Got up early this morning, shouldn’t have bothered as the weather was blooming awful. It was raining, heavily overcast and very windy. I decided however to try and give my plans a try, just in case. So I got down stairs and got a taxi over to the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Water Front. I wanted to go and have breakfast at Societi Bistro, which I did. The breakfast was really good, if very quiet as there wasn’t anyone else around.
After breakfast I had a little wander around the V&A shops and stores. I then headed into the Two Oceans Aquarium (TWA). The TWA allows you to watch Cape fur seals and penguins. It also has a predator exhibit that is home to the ragged-tooth shark, loggerhead turtles and shoals of yellowtail. It was good and I recommend to others to go.
After that I thought that I’d try and see if the ferry was running to Robben Island, which is mostly known for the place former South African president Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years. It was a place of exile and imprisonment for 400 years. However, because of the bad weather no ferries were running. Not unexpected but still disappointing as I would have been more than willing the brave the rough seas.
I then bought a ticket on the Cape Town City Sight Seeing bus (CTCSS) which is a very cheap and easy way to get around the interesting parts of Cape Town. It only cost me R120. I hopped off the bus at Cape Town Tourism on Burg Street. I then proceeded to wander around a little and eventually headed into the Castle which is opposite the Grand Parade. I had a wander around that as it was quite interesting to see details of the Boer War and the conquering and colonisation of South Africa.
After heading out of the Castle I headed up along “Lower Plein” and around into “Paddock” and the Company Gardens. Moving through the gardens I ended up at the top of “Long Street” which is a straight road that runs from the foreshore op towards the mountain and is one of Cape Town’s oldest. It was here that I stopped off and had some lunch and a coffee.
After lunch I headed on down to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and up around onto “Loop Street” and then “The Strand” heading along toward “Buitengracht” which is also known as the M62. It was my intention to re-catch the CTCSS and head on up to the Table Mountain cable car.
The bus was an open top bus and I could tell that there was no chance that the Table Mountain cable car was going to be open. This was confirmed by the guide. The bus on up to the cable car was soon battered by high winds and also engulfed by thick rolling clouds. The bus still stopped at the cable car station and we had a few minutes to have a look around at least.
By now I was actually starting to get wet and cold so I hopped back on the bus, which it’s next stop was outside my hotel the Bay Hotel. The view as we god down towards sea level was really cool but it was hard to get any decent photos.
After a relax in the hotel I decided to head out for some food and ended up at “The Codfather”. It’s a restaurant with a bit of a difference. The waiter takes you up to the deli and explains to you about all of the different fish that they have in for the day, and you then get to choose along with the side. I ended up having Swordfish, Butterfish, Kingklip (???? Not sure of name) and some calamari with rice. I decided to also have some red wine unique to South Africa, Pointage I think! I do have to say that the butterfish was fantastic along with the Kingklip but the swordfish was too ‘fishy’ for me 
. I felt like a happy and contented stuffed pig at the end.
After that meal I thought that I’d go for a quick beer and ended up having a couple in “Baraza”. In summer this bar must be booming as it is in a fantastic location and looks right out onto the beach. I could only handle a couple beers as the food and all the wolking in the day had tired me out so I headed back to the hotel and called it an early night.