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Saturday morning I woke up and jumped in the shower. By the time I came out Honray had disappeared off to the garage to get our second flat tyre replaced. Jez and I watched crappy cartoons for what seemed like an age as we waited for him to return. When he finally returned we went to the supermarket and got some brekkie and some meat for lunch. We drove south towards Cape Town, stopping for a braai at lunchtime in roughly the same area as we had had one on our way north a few days before. Jez said it gave our trip nice symetry, I guess he was right. Thinking back over the last few days made us chuckle, Honray constantly getting us in trouble, Jez's shrugs and frowns, and me saying "y'know" about a million times, apparently. I honestly can't belive Honray's car was still in one peice, we hadn't had a holiday so much as a genuine adventure! Spontanaety is seriously underrated, and booking ahead overrated! I've got to give it to Honray, he dreamed up an awesome trip for us!

Well, we arrived back in Cape Town late afternoon and chilled out at Honray's for a while before our big night out. We met Wim and Kristine and went to a sushi bar for dinner. It was awesome sushi!! I went 4 ways on a platter meant for 4-6 and then ordered a 10 peice mixed sashimi dish for myself!!! I've never eaten so much raw fish!! I think the sake was making me quite drunk, the night is hazy in places after that. We went to another bar which was quite empty so we moved on after a drink. Then we went to Fiction, a great little club on Long Street with a balcony overlooking the whole street. I was pretty wasted so as usual I had a sudden realisation that I was the best dancer in the world and went to bust out some phat shapes on the dancefloor. Honray was dancing too, he's the man, but Jez disappointed me, he sat on a tall chair in the middle of the next room on his own, weird. He used to be my dancing mentor, the dancer I looked up to more than every other. He's got so slack lately. I think he's lost his mojo. Jez, please, dust off your dancing shoes buddy!! Anyway, he missed out, cos these two hot chicks started flirting with eachother on the dancefloor and then all of a sudden started snogging right there in front of me!! It was awesome, I couldn't take my eyes off of those horny nymphs! I tried to convince Kristine to go and join them and then somehow invite me over to get involved, but I think she thought I was joking. I wasn't, obviously. Anyway, we stayed at the club till about 3 or 4am then went home and crashed out.

SUNDAY: The hangover day

The less said about Sunday the better, I was hanging out my hoop all morning, feeling really rough. Honray insisted we go see the penguins, for Jez's sake. We got in the car, all groaning and rubbing our heads, and drove to Simonstown and onto the penguin beach. We stood and stared through our eyes, which were like piss holes in the snow, at the smelly little creatures for a while before heading back to the car. Honray thought we needed a beer, I agreed. We went to a place right on the seafront and had a beer each and for the first time in my life I had some oysters. we had six each, on ice with lemon and tabasco, the traditional way. I thought they were very interesting, and somehow they semed to completely cure my hangover! Or maybe that was the beer, I don't know. Anyway, we went back to Honray's for a while, then popped out for dinner, can't remember where now, then went bowling with Wim, Kristine and Ricardo. The bowling alley was shit, it failed to recognise a spare I got and I subsequently lost by just a few points to Jez, otherwise I would have won. Hahaha, Jez revelled in his victory nonetheless, especially as he had been on the verge of vomiting throughout the whole game. He sat with his head in his hands and only got up to take his bowls! After bowling we went home and got a fairly early one. The next day honray was taking Jez and I winetasting!

MONDAY: Stellenbosch

We got up fairly early again, Honray had a big day planned, lots of vineyards. We drove about 40 minutes to the Stellenbosch region, the most famous winegrowing region in South Africa. I could describe the intricate details of the whole day, but basically we went to 7 vineyards, tasted about 35 wines and had a great day!! The sun was out again and some of the vineyards were very picturesque. I didn't spit out any of the wines, so i got quite nicely merry. Honray was driving so he took it easy and just sipped each one. I tried to do the whole descriptive thing, but felt like a bit of an idiot! I made up some new terms though, like: 'This one has ample punctuation' and 'Oh yes, theres plenty of legroom in this one'. At lunchtime Honray took us to a great restaurant on one of the vineyards which has been voted one of the top ten restaurants in the whole of South Africa. He also insisted on picking up the bill, which was awfully generous of him. He's a good chap! That evening we had to grab an early dinner so we could take Jez to the airport. It was sad seeing him go, it felt like the end of an era, albeit an era only a week long! I think Honray was quite sad too, especially as I was due to leave in the middle of the night, so he would wake to an empty flat for the first time in quite a while (his family were out before i arrived). So. I set an alarm for 3.45am and tried to get some sleep. I had a huge journey ahead of me....