On a Tokyo pub crawl last night, we bumped into the notorious Cape Town blogger Whale Cottage.

Meanwhile back in Cape Town, the hairy owner of the Whale Cottage franchise goes from strength to strength. A review of his Camps Bay B&B on TripAdvisor last month says it all.

“I paid for a month’s accommodation including a deposit based on a month’s rental. At the start of the process Chris was pleasant and I proceeded with the booking and the moment I had paid she turned into the rudest person I have dealt with. She kept changing the terms, I was not allowed to contact her but only by email, screaming at me on the phone. On arrival she demanded I sign an additional “booking form” giving her my credit card details and permission to deduct costs from my credit card, plus I would now have to pay for my commuting husband and student children staying on weekends ( we are a family of four hence I had booked the two bedroom suite). On refusing she kicked me off her property and locked my hire car keys in the reception. She refused to return these and then tried to reverse her car in to me forcing me off the property. I had to wait outside for over an hour while the hire company delivered spare keys. Her guest house has been closed since then so we cannot collect the keys. She has advised she will not return the deposit (R15 000) although she has not right to withhold this, or the rental to me. So this is a complete scam and I would recommend anyone against staying here. I wish I had read about the bad service and state of her guest houses before booking but was taken in by her fake website!”

First the FIFA bribe fiasco and now this. Will Cape Town tourism survive?