Yesterday was another tour that AVIVA puts on for us, this one of Cape Point. Which, in a nutshell, we drove up & down the coasts (yes coasts--one side the Atlantic, one side the Indian), stopped at cute little towns, saw some beautiful scenery, and stopped at the most southern tip of the African continent...last stop before Antarctica!
Downside: it was cold, raining, and windy ALL day. So there were some things we couldn't even see because it was too cloudy. But, even still, everything was gorgeous. Another downside--I was already feeling like I had a sore throat coming on and by the end of the day of being in the cold & rain, I could barely swallow, was super congested, had a major headache, and was SOOO tired. I went to bed at 8:30 last night and slept until 9:30 this morning. I feel a bit better, but definitely still have all the same issues I had when I went to sleep. Anyway, onto the tour.
We drove around an area called "False Bay." It's called False Bay because when people were first sailing here they thought they'd found their way around to a new country and then realize they were still in the same country, hence the 'false.'
We drove up Chapman's Peak--which was an AMAZING view! In the pictures, this is where I'm standing there holding my jacket shut and look like I'm freezing...I was, it was rainy and so windy I nearly lost my hat. But the view was awesome.
We stopped at a place called Simonstown. Which is a naval base, and was discovered by a man named Simon :) In the pictures, this is where there are a lot of boats and also my picture with a statue of a dog. This dog's name was "Just Nuisance." He used to follow the sailors around and whenever they would go out he would follow and wait at the taverns for them, also watching out for them. Long story short, they made him a captain in the navy.
After this we went to Boulder Beach---which is where you will see all the huge, beautiful boulders, and all the African penguins!! There were tons of them. The furry ones are babies. We have to stay on a boardwalk, but some of them are within a foot of you. Penguins bite though, and bite hard, so you definitely don't want to reach out and pet them.
From here we went to Cape Point. This was amazing! (Have I used the word amazing too much? I can't think of another one!) In the pictures this is where you will see the lighthouse, and the signs of how many miles it is to various places from that point--which I thought was super cool. This is where the Atlantic & the Indian Oceans meet. Not exactly at this point, but a little further out, but as far as land goes, this is it. The views were awesome! You'll see I took like a million pictures here :)
Right after this we drove just a short ways down from Cape Point to the Cape of Good Hope--which you can see pictures of that in the background from the lighthouse.
As we were leaving this area we saw wild ostrich's running around near the beach! Ursula said this is very uncommon. So as we were leaving she pulled into an ostrich farm where you can see my up close pictures of the ostriches.
Also, in the pics, you will see some pictures of the township where I went to buy my sand painting and my woven bags, and pics of the women making the bags. Enjoy! The link is below:
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