We are ready to pick up our rental car today. Insurance coverage is limited to 48 days so we have broken our rental into two parts - before and after our safari to the border of Botswana in early March.
Ted wakes up very sore but we find walking at a steady pace the 1.5k to the car rental place is good. His hands are really bothering him, the arthritis aggravated by the high humidity here at the edge of the ocean.
The first few days were perfectly clear here and although the sun is out, Table Mountain has been topped by mist for a couple of days now. We will take the trip up there one of these clear days.
We walk through the busy and impressive downtown business district and find lovely food/cafe stores with great food and salad bar, sushi bar, ready meals - all the stuff of downtown workers.
Our car is from Hertz, a Clio with GPS included - about $800 for the month. We are warned to absolutely leave nothing visible in the car. You drive up to the lights, people pretend to beg but check out what’s in your car. As the lights change, they bash in your window and steal your backpack, phone, whatever. Not a very cheery thought. Its bad in the city but not so much elsewhere. I guess we are going to being using gated parking where we can.
After a sleepless night - awake at 3 - read til 5 - back to sleep - we are ready to have an easy afternoon enjoying late lunch on the deck and dozing on the chaise afterwards.
It finally gave me time to set up my blog!
Ted wakes up very sore but we find walking at a steady pace the 1.5k to the car rental place is good. His hands are really bothering him, the arthritis aggravated by the high humidity here at the edge of the ocean.
The first few days were perfectly clear here and although the sun is out, Table Mountain has been topped by mist for a couple of days now. We will take the trip up there one of these clear days.
We walk through the busy and impressive downtown business district and find lovely food/cafe stores with great food and salad bar, sushi bar, ready meals - all the stuff of downtown workers.
Our car is from Hertz, a Clio with GPS included - about $800 for the month. We are warned to absolutely leave nothing visible in the car. You drive up to the lights, people pretend to beg but check out what’s in your car. As the lights change, they bash in your window and steal your backpack, phone, whatever. Not a very cheery thought. Its bad in the city but not so much elsewhere. I guess we are going to being using gated parking where we can.
After a sleepless night - awake at 3 - read til 5 - back to sleep - we are ready to have an easy afternoon enjoying late lunch on the deck and dozing on the chaise afterwards.
It finally gave me time to set up my blog!
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