After a mamoth flight from Hong Kong to Jo'berg (they gave us 3 meals on the way - all in the middle of the night) we arrived at around 8:30 am. By the time we had collected our luggage and been through customs and immigration it was time to get on the connecting flight to Cape Town.
We were very surprised by the weather here and in Cape Town. Everyone seems to be going around with almost no clothes on but it was only 7 deg C this morning. In the sun it felt warmer but the wind was chilling. Our taxi driver told us that it was 28 deg C last week which is more like it.
I think that from door to door we were nearly 24 hours en route. We are exhausted but very glad to be here. Again it's so different. The first thing I noticed (even on the plane) is how macho the men are and how girlie the girls are here. The men are all at least 6 and half feet tall and built like bulldozers. They must have a US style diet, meat, meat and some more meat. You don't grow men that big for any other reason. Or is it the rugby?
The women are all massive amounts of voluptuous cleavage. Something I haven't seen in a long time (especially in Asia) but even since the days when I used to go to night clubs. Not that I would notice things like that of course but they are so flouncy bouncy over here.
We saw shanti towns as we came out of the airport but by comparison to India they were first class and even had corrugated rooves not the plastic sheeting.
First impressions were very favourable and thanks to some good advice, we are staying in some really great "backpackers" accommodation in Cape Town which is both cheap and comfortable.
We have been around the shops and hung out in the backpackers bar connected to the internet with the laptop. All boys are in 7th heaven.
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