SOUTH AFRICA
Western Cape Province
CAPE TOWN
The Penultimate Day
Wednesday November 16th, 2016
My first stop of the day was at the Gardens Shopping Centre trying to resolve why my entire months MTN moblie data & phone service allowance had been chewed up in less than a day. The carrier deemed it to be a "service glitch" and restored all my service credit back to what I purchased. Later that day I came to work out that my phone had completed an automatic operating system update and reinstalled all the applications, which would have consumed all the pre-paid data allowance. Note to self - set your mobile device to only update with Wi-Fi service and not carrier service. 
With today being my penultimate day in Cape Town, I had to pick up a few things that Nomad Tours have deemed "must haves" for the upcoming 42 day Cape Town (ZAF) to Nairobi (KEN) road trip, I headed over to the V & A.
My prior internet research really paid off, as I was fortunate enough to pick up most of the items at the Cape Union Mart. My new travel kit now consists of a fast dry towel, -5 degree sleeping bag, silk sleeping bag liner, inflatable mattress & pillow, all for the princley some of $285.74 AUD, which was about a ⅓ of what they wanted to charge me back in Austtralia. The added bonus is that I didn't have to carry it across to Africa with me.<
After a quick bite to eat and a couple of pints for lunch at the Mitchell's Scottish Ale House, I headed across the street to the Springbok Experience Rugby Museum where I spent the best part of a couple of hours going through. One of the highlights was the interactive displays where you get to muck around with a footy and complete some skills tests.<
As I happened to be walking by, I grabbed a quick photo at the Owal Mosque, this time without the crowds.
Dinner tonight was at the Societi Bistro, which I highly recommend. A quick pint at the Tiger's Milk on the way home and I was in bed by 9PM for my 7AM morning departure.
