Day 12 and 13.

Day 12: Teniqua

Part of our tree house.

 Day 12 starts with the morning sun on our tent but thankfully we didn't get up until 7/7.30am. The biggest spiders we've seen so far are about the size of a teabag and dead which isn't too bad, although we have seen smaller living ones. Once we'd had breakfast, we headed off to the weekly market in Sedgefield to get some veg for our braai tonight and some Christmas presents for mum and Cheryl to take home. Mum has been saying things like 'if you're going to make a living from djembe drumming, then you need to ave a certain 'look' that people will remember you by' so I have decided that 'look' shall be as colourful and quirky as I can make it! I already have the bowler hat from Hout Bay market (which I'm going to customise) and mum very kindly bought me a pair of flour-bag trousers and an african patchwork shirt at the market, hopefully I can make some more of my own when I get home.

This afternoon we went for a walk down to the river, but I'd been feeling quite shaky all day and had begun to feel dizzy, so mum and Cheryl continued to the river and I headed back to light the braai. I think I just haven't been drinking enough because it's been really hot recently so I'm going to pour myself a glass of rainwater!

Day 13: Teniqua to Cape Town.

There were 3 rain spiders in the bathroom last night...this coffee is needed!

Day 13 is another driving day. It's around 400km from Sedgefield to Cape Town so we planned to set off as early as possible (10am!) so as to get to Cape Town before dark. As we only stopped off for a quick sandwich break, we made it by about 4pm. We're staying at a hotel on Long Street called Daddy Long Legs and all of the rooms are designed by a different person and have unique themes. I room I was in was called 'You Are Here' and had various maps around the room as wallpaper. The ceiling had a huge map of Cape Town, and the other walls had the western cape, south africa, africa and the world. You also receive a free welcome drink so we had that, then went down long market street to the eastern food bazaar for supper and an early night!