Chapter Six - Valentino Visits The Harley Dealership

Deloittes offices are at the top of the centre building

On Friday we all woke up and looked at the now usual, but still overwhelming view from the balcony. Daddy decided to have a look for the Deloittes offices in town, and after a lazy breakfast, took us on the now familiar road towards Table Mountain, turning to the waterfront and then into town.

We found Deloittes, right next to the Harley Dealership! A needed visit, where Daddy got some top-up oil for our 92 cubic inch V twin thundering motor. He also found a Valentines Day present for Mommy, and Mommy realised that the prices in this dealership were definately a bit cheaper than back home.

 The Harley staff and people are as friendly as any others we have been into, and we found other travelers with long-trip stories, as well as advice on which roads to try, and a query on whether we were going to the Route 62 Rally in Montagu next week.

Interestingly, there was an old rock built church past the Deloittes building, so Daddy quipped that Deloittes found itself between a Rock and Rolling Harley dealership and a Hard Rock Church.

Our next stop was up the freeway to Century City, where one of the biggest shopping centres in South Africa was situated. Century City has it's own theme park, and Canal Walk shopping Centre. Absolutely huge. We wandered around until Mommy found a shop that sold bikini's for less than R500.00 - thank goodness for Mr. Price. Like the rest of Cape Town, there are many restaurants and coffee shops, and once again, all seem to be doing business. This centre is really worth seeing. It has granite patterned passages, huge stained glass patterned windows and foyers where one has seats upstairs to look down on passers-by. Beautifully hand-made wooden benches for tired shoppers and granite finished rest rooms that smell good.

Back at our beach-side flat, Mommy decided to use the new bikini and visited the beach across the road to tan in the warm summer sun, while Daddy used the lap-top to catch up on emails and view property for sale in the area. When Mommy came back, they made some sandwiches and thought a relaxing evening would be a good idea. They were about to see an amazing sight.

Standing on the balcony and looking out at the beach we saw hundreds of kite surfers all along the beach as far as one could see. The multi-coloured kites were spectacular. An unforgettable sight. This picture on the left doesn't do the spectacle justice. (Try clicking on it to enlarge it). Daddy spoke to the local people about it, and they were blase', This happens every Friday afternoon in the summer, apparently, and the surfers then converge on the cafe's and restaurants nearby when the sun goes down. This laid back approach to life pervades everything; or so it felt to us.

Our visit to Cape Town had one more day before we tackled the return trip to Durban on the Harley; and what a Saturday it was going to be. See you tomorrow.