We started out driving through the Constania vineyards & if we had time on the way home, we would have stopped for a tasting, but we didn't. First town we drove through was called Muizenberg. We didn't get out here, but Richard informed us that this was a big surf city. People from all over come to this town to hit up the big waves. I don't think I'll be going surfing in that water, after seeing all those sharks.
The next town we drove through was St. James. This was a small town, however, we got out here to go see the primary-colored beach huts that are shown across tons of Cape Town books & postcards. This place is usually packed in the summer, but in the winter there were very few people. However, it was an absolutely gorgeous day that we had.
The we drove through the town of Kalk Bay, which was literally right next to St. James. From the car we were able to see all the fisherman's boats along the harbour. This is the home to local fisherman who catch everything from line fish to yellow tail fish, all freshly plucked from the surrounding choppy waters.
Finally, we were getting closer to Cape of Good Hope, where Cape Point rests. Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve rests at the tip of the Southern Peninsula. There are trails within the park that lead to many different wonders. While driving through the Cape of Good Hope, there were MANY signs telling you Baboons are dangerous, do not feed them, move away slowly if you see one. Ali was not liking this at all! We finally made it to where you couldn't drive any further, so we got out and enjoyed the incredible views of Southern Africa! While we were relaxing & taking in the fresh air & amazing views, all of a sudden we hear Ali yell "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD" - I turn around, Ali is not moving slowly away & there are 2 Baboons following her. One has a baby on her back. Ali got away & Tony & I stayed a little closer to take some good shots.
The baboons went right to the garbage can & we were close to the restaurant. We then left that area where we witness another baboon sitting on top of a person's car, it was so funny, well, at least to Tony & I. Poor Ali, she was not liking these baboons.
We walked over to see what all there was at Cape Point and as we were walking we saw other baboons sitting on top of cars (look at Tony in the background):
We decided to take this weird train up to the top of this hill to see where the 2 oceans meet. When we got to the top we realized that we could have actually walked up the hill. We again saw some beautiful scenery from below of the southern tip of Africa - amazing beaches, the mountains in the background, the blue oceans & incredibly clean fresh air!!! It was just perfect to sit there and enjoy this unbelievable place! They also had this cute light house that we walked up to and found a neat sign that told you how far other places in the world are.
We headed back down the hill to grab some food. We got pizzas & this man told me to eat inside because it's too dangerous to eat outside. A baboon stole someones pizza just like a minute ago. So we ate inside & saw all the baboons checking us out down below.
We then found our driver, & he called us over to say that we just missed a baboon hopping on a women & stealing her pizza. So we took a picture of the mommy & baby baboon eating this woman's pizza.
We were then off to our next destination - the ostrich farm! There were soooo many ostriches, babies, male & female. We went right up to the ostrich, but not too close, to look at these weirdly strange birds. We tried getting them to run, but we didn't have much luck. Ali got some courage & went up to the bird for an up close experience.
After the ostrich farm we were heading back to only see MORE baboons walking the street. We were next heading to Boulders Beach were a penguin colony is at. On the way however, the South Africa game was going on & we were trying to listen to it on the radio. We couldn't get the station, so we were listening to a radio show that had the hosts talk about the game while they were watching it on TV. This is where we got the updates of the score. South Africa was making shots & people were honking horns, including our taxi driver.
Finally we arrived at Boulder's Beach. We saw our first penguin from the colony all waddling by himself. He was soooo cute.
As we walked along this long path to make our way to the Boulders beach, we past more & more penguins in the brushes & shrubs along the path. We finally made it & there were a ton of penguins just waddling around.
There were these 3 penguins that couldn't decide it they wanted to go into the ocean or not. They finally took a dip.
After our fun filled day of cruising the Southern Peninsula, Richard dropped us off at Salt (really nice restaurant in Bantry Bay in the Ambassador Hotel). We were meeting Tim here as well. We first finished watching the South African game, & then headed over to Salt. This place had an amazing view of the sun setting. It was incredible.
We decided to get 2 bottles of white wine, & Tony, Tim, & I got the sea food platter. OMG it was incredible!!! However, the chef first brought us out an Amuse-bouche (a single, bite-sized hors d'oeuvre) of this meat with a sauce & mini salad. We really enjoyed dinner at Salt & then after we just made it an early night & went back to our apartment to pack & sleep. Tomorrow is our last day - BOOO
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