We had terrific trouble renting a car, but if all goes well, I will be driving a used manual VW Golf tomorrow on the wrong side of the road (never done this before). The good news that is for three days it is only $80, and the dollar appears to be strong against the Rand here in South Africa.

It could be that they are using up my credit card as I speak from this third tier company. Apparently there is a bicycle race here this weekend, and there are NO cars available from anyone I have ever heard of. Imagine how it will be when the world cup for soccer is held here next year!

Anyway, we will try our hand at driving tomorrow and venture out from the city. Today we did a 4 hour tour, and took a cable car up to the top of table mountain. Very nice views, and a nice area to hike around for an hour. We then got shown the major highlights which will help us decide what we want to do this next few days. One stop included the firing of the noon cannon in a fort built by the Dutch in the 1600's. It was the little cannon that could as it was REALLY loud, and nearly knocked me of my perch for the video. The fort was quite fun to tour going back to a era long past. This city/country certainly has its share of history good and bad. I got my photos from the video loaded finally, and so will send a few along to catch you up on things. The mystery photo won't be such a mystery it you have read the other posts! More to come if we survive my driving! JK