MY FIRST VISIT TO CAPE TOWN SINCE 1997!!

My blog is actually sharing all my work of art but I have decided to add a bit more personal matters also here, starting with my first visit to Cape Town since 1997!  My daughter, Nanje, has made this all possible to invite me for a week holiday to Cape Town where she now lives since September 2018.  She booked me a flight also which I really appreciates as I can't afford such flights.  And what makes this also much more exciting is that this flight is the first since 1990 - thus 29 years since I was flying in an airplane!  I was quite nervous but the whole flight was such a wonderful experience.  The whole flight crew of Kulula was just awesome by giving me a VIP treatment once they know I had no fly trips for so many years!  Even during the flight all the air hostesses asked me how I was doing during the time of the flight.  I will most definitely recommend them to many people!  Here are photos which I took before and during the flight from O.R,Tambo airport (Johannesburg) down to Cape Town International Airport. My holiday runs from 17 August 2019 - 25 August 2019.

I am going to post images of my holiday experience daily.


17 AUGUST 2019 (KULULA FLIGHT):

O.R. Tambo Airport - Kulula office where I have waited until someone escorted me right into the cockpit area of the aircraft.  How special this was not to sit with the other passengers in the departure hall! :)


Kulula's office:

Special passage leading to the aircraft you see in the background:

Head air hostess on duty:

Chantal, air hostess who meet me and took me to my seat.  She is holding my air ticket!  She was absolutely fantastic and very kind and friendly, has even demonstrated the safety drill herself to me which is normally done during the flight to all the passengers.  I am the first passenger on board! How special this is!

Chantal took the selfie with my smartphone!  How awesome!

Passengers start entering:

We leaving O.R. Tambo Airport:

Start to go up into the air!

Food & beverages service trolley:

Somewhere closer to Cape Town flying over majestic mountain ranges and towns:

Gordon's Bay and the Strand right up to Hangklip in the far background:

Arriving at Cape Town International Airport:

Door to the Cockpit area:

Pilot, I think his name is Eddie Louw and head air hostess:

Another very friendly air hostess:

Inside to the cockpit area:

The conveyor belt at Cape Town airport:

Another very friendly lady who helped me all the way to the conveyor belt area, waiting with me to get my suitcase from this belt and took me directly to where Nanje was waiting for me.  How absolutely awesome!

Nanje at the arrivals hall:

Here Nanje and I waited for the MyCiti bus from the airport back to Cape Town:

MyCity Bus station at the Cape Town Airport:

18 AUGUST 2019:

Second day in Cape Town.

Table Mountain from the bus stop.

Nanje (and I) waiting for the bus to Gardens Shopping Mall:

Bus routes:

Gardens Bus Stop:

I love the architecture - also the retro look on some of these apartments!

A pano done by Google.

 

Lion's Head (Leeukop) in rhe background:

Entrace to Disa Park apartments.

Disa Park apartments security gate.

Devil's Peak (Duiwelskop) view room.

View also from room to the other 2 apartments of Disa Park.

Walk from Disa Park up to the Deer Park forest.

Deer Park forest main entrance.

19 AUGUST 2019:

Third day in Cape Town.

Nanje and I visited a Nutritionist in Constantia. We went there by Uber service.

20 AUGUST 2019:

Fourth day in Cape Town.

Nanje and I decided to go on a shopping spree to  V&A Waterfront shopping mall and also visited the Aquarium.  Aquarium photos are uploaded separately as they are quite a lot.