Me, Rachel Swailes. My blog about stuff I get up to in and around the Western Cape, Cape Town, George, Wilderness, Hermanus and other cool places :)

Archive for the 'South Africa' Category

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

During our trip home to South Africa, we visited Cape Town to attend Richard’s sister’s wedding.

Friday, October 17th, 2008

It’s been 4 months now since baby swan entered the scene in St James Park. Getting pretty big now!

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

So on the last morning of a wonderful holiday at home, I got up to watch the sun rise over the ocean. A few days later I took the shot at the bottom from Hampton Court Rail Station just outside of London.

Friday, January 18th, 2008

For a few years, the idea has been to get to London. I’ve got some family up in Scotland and a few friends around the place and I thought it would be interesting to see what life would be like in a country where Green and Blacks and Haagen Daaz is plentiful. So after an [...]

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

This is my third set of exams through UNISA and it’s awesome to be at home again to write them. It’s less stressful than trying to get through the Cape Town traffic. Although I find the scenery a bit distracting at times…