Today the whole group went for another tour of the area surrounding Cape Town. This time we explored the peninsula coastlines all the way to Cape Point. I’ll try to explain it, but I think the best way to describe what I saw was through pictures so I’m going to post them on Picasa again, though in lower quality as I have limited internet. You can find the link here.
During our travels, we went from Observatory through Camp’s Bay, to Hout Bay. Then we crossed over and drove to Kalk Bay. We passed Muizenburg, Fish hoek, and Simonstown on our way to Cape Point. On the way back we stopped in Simonstown to see the penguin colony there! That’s the very short itinerary.
One of our key stops was in Kalk Bay where we ate at this restaurant right on the waterfront. The eating area we were sitting in was actually out on the water a little bit and waves could come crashing almost up to the building. It was such a nice view. Because I was on the coast, I decided that I should eat seafood and I had tiger queen prawns. The lemon butter they had with them was incredible and I was so full afterwards. Not too full to have some gelato for dessert though! I had a mix of chocolate and Amarula, which is made from a type of berry here. It is also made into a pretty sweet liqueur that is traditionally served after fancy meals in South Africa.
We also stopped at Cape Point as well which was a beautiful view. We hiked almost all the way to the end and had to stop because the trail was closed. We could see the end though so I think that must count for something. On our way back we stopped at Boulder Beach to visit the penguin colony. It was mating season so most of the penguins were paired off with one of the couple lying over the egg on the ground and the other protecting the young. We even got to see one of the babies! There were no fences and we could basically just walk right up to the penguins. Don’t worry, there’s a picture in the post about it!
LOVE the pictures!! :)
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