Ronwyn's Travel Blog

If you love nature the way I do, then no travel plans are complete without taking time to encounter our amazing SA wildlife.  The Cape Town aquarium offers a wonderful up close and personal, but safe viewing experience with our famous sharks.  However if you are looking for a cute display of waddling, head on over to Boulders Beach. Boulders Beach near Simons Town is a wonderful conservation and tourist attraction.  The once rich colony was almost desemated, leaving only 2 breeding pairs.  Conservation efforts have gone a long way and the colony is now a few thousand strong with our beautiful African Penguins.  We need to treasure our planet and make sure we save places of safety for wildlife to flourish.  You would well enjoy Boulders Beach for it's beautiful inhabitants.

This week has gone by very fast.  Starting off though was the adventure to the Pretoria Visa Centre.  I had been told it would be quick and so it was.  I noted with a fair amount of amusement how various state bodies are implementing a ticket system and that really has helped matters. So starting at the gates they ushered us into different groups. One lady said I needed to wait, so was once again amused when I went to another que and was told, go straight in for Canada.  I made my way upstairs, through the security check point and then onto another counter where my appointment documents were scanned and I was issued my ticket. Then through more security doors and then a seated que. I waited about 10-15 minutes before it was my turn at the check in desk and then finally onto the room to be photographed and scanned.  All in, done in less than 30 minutes, so I was very happy with that and was then able to head off the work.  A lot of big improvements in techno...