Here we are again!This morning, we woke up ... late. Justin and I left the hostel early to drop off some laundry after yesterday's hike, and (of course) got lost along the way. While we were out, Andrew was dealing with the rental car company, switching our manual transmission car for an automatic (at an added price of nearly $10 a day -- oops). We came back and headed off down to Cape Point (the southwesterliest point in all of Africa -- maybe not the most impressive credential, but it's a fun drive). For the last two years (since my last visit to Cape Town) I've been going on and on about Simon's Town (a suburb of Cape Town) and how much I want to live there, so Justin was ready to see this fabled place. Tiny hitch -- in Cape Town, they drive on the left-hand side of the road. Guess who bit that bullet?
I took the wheel and daftly maneuvered us down the coast. We stopped in Kaulk Bay to go to Olympia Bakery, which (though recommended highly) wasn't the best bakery any of us had ever been to. We took our carrot cake and shortbread cookies out onto the dock and ate while we looked at the beautiful shoreline. Afterwards, we headed up to the real attraction -- Simon's Town.
After we paid 55 Rand each to get in, I was disappointed to see that the beach we had picked allowed us to walk on a long wooden deck and look at the penguins, but not touch them or poke them with sticks. We ooh'd and aah'd at the penguins for an hour and a half or so (Justin was thrilled), then headed down to the municipal beach to get a closer look. We ended up taking hundreds of pictures, but the real fun was getting to go in the water and get close to the little penguins. Andrew also got a great video of two penguins hopping down the stairs to get to the beach -- they are so adorable!
After the penguins, we continued down the coast to the Cape of Good Hope ... and I'll leave this one for Andrew to describe ...
Still to come --
Justin, me, and Andrew at the Cape Point lighthouse R
3 comments:
Sounds like you are have quite an adventure already and you are barely into your trip. Hope your sense of direction improves before you get to Victoria Falls and Mt. Killamanjaro. We wouldn't want you to go over the falls or go up the wrong mountain. :-) Keep these blogs coming. We love to hear from you.
Yesss! This is awesome - I love it! The table mountain hike was so classic hahaha
I can't wait to hear more! Have fun and be safe xo
great stories; i sent the devil's peak/ table mountain blog to both Georgetown Law and US News and World Reports; I thought the fact that 3 graduates of the highly esteemed law school climbed the wrong mountain should be taken into consideration when US News does their next ranking of law schools; maybe it will knock Georgetown down a few notches;
thank goodness you will have a guide for Kili;
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