Cape Town #2

OK – so the most of what I’ve shared about Cape Town is that it is unbelievably, strikingly beautiful. I got to go to a few places that were simply breathtaking.

One was the southwestern most tip of the continent of Africa – the Cape of Good Hope. That’s pretty cool!!! The other was Table Mountain. Another was Boulders Beach, which is a beach full of… penguins!! I’ll tell you about Cape Point and The Cape of Good Hope first.

We went to Cape Point National Park early in the morning after spending the night in this cute beach town, Simon’s Town, at a quaint bed and breakfast. When we arrived in our blue VW van at the Cape Point park, we drove in and hiked up to the top of Cape Point – we were the only people in this whole huge place that early in the morning! It was so windy that when you stuck your head out to look over the edge it felt like you were skydiving with the wind whipping past your ears and into your hair! The view of the ocean and the landscape was striking. Then we drove to the Southwestern point, passed by ostriches just hanging out, and played around on the rocks by the ocean.

On our way back through this national park, our taxi driver stopped the van abruptly, turned it around and we thought he was lost. As he turned on to another road, we saw that there were about 30 baboons just hanging out in the road! We pulled up to see them but kept the windows mostly closed, as they’ve been known to steal wallets and food from humans! After learning about this, I turned to others in the car to ask about the possibility of baboons evolving to incorporate into our society, where they actually use our currency. I thought it was a valid point, but I have a feeling it was still too early in the morning to have this conversation. We eventually made it back to our Bed and Breakfast to have a wonderful meal, and a real tea party!