Beautiful monsters

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Thanks for the news from home - good to read. I cant believe Obama has been elected - excellant news. Anyway on with the blog....
We left Stellenbosch at a reasonable hour and headed in the searing heat to Boschendal. We were overwhelmed by the beauty of the place and enjoyed a good few hours in the house, gardens and wine tasting experiance. I even found Mr Pritchard's visitors log entry for earlier this year!!
From then we travelled to Franshoek. Very disappointing comparred to Stellenbosch and to make it worse we got very lost serval times trying to leave the god foresaken town. Eventually we made it on to Hermanus - the Whale Capital. Well after arriving later than planned we headed straight to the bay hoping to catch a glimps of these beautiful animals. WELL - it was remarkable how many there were and how close the were to the cliff - which served as perfect viewing platforms. The pictures just didnt do it justice.
We ended the evening off with a Braai in the Backpackers.

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