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Published: December 25th 2011
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We got up early today in the hope of climbing up table moutain as yesterday was too windy so the cable car was closed. Unfortunately the moutain was covered in clouds despite the rest of Cape Town basking in sunshine. The locals have nicked name this phenomena where the clouds hog the top of the mountain as the 'table cloth'.
Instead we decided to follow the recommendations of some friends and visit some local hidden treasures. We drove down the coast towards Muizenberg. This was once the place for the rich and famous and now a town full of victorian buildings and golden beaches which attracts surfers.
We continued on to Fish Hoek - another village further down the coast. It was quaint, with similarly sandy beaches. It reminded me of Swanage on the South Coast of England. But my favourite was a tiny little village along the way by the name of Kalk Bay - blink it and you're bound to miss it but it was one of those places where you could sit and watch the waves, mountains and the world go by and lose yourself for hours.
Next stop
was just off Simon's Town - Boulder's Beach. This is where a coloney of 3,000 penguins reside. seeing a penguin wadling along the yellow grains of the beach towards the rocks with the blue waves in the background is a truely magnificant sight. I could have stayed there for hours. The penguins seemed happy in their environment and tended to walk around in twos. Apparently penguins are the sort of creatures who mate for life - and it was obvious that there were some real love stories amongst them. I even managed to catch a couple of 'intimate kisses'.
We then tried to drive down the coast to Cape Point but as the road got narrower, the hills higher and the cliff to the side of the car a sheer drop down to the deep blue sea we decided we didn't want to see where the two oceans 'almost' meet that much. We cut across the mountains and stopped in Kommetjie. Another small fishing village. Here the beach was small and the waves high. a swarm of surfers could be seen far out at see waiting paitiently for the 'perfect' wave. Some rode beautifully defying gravity, others
feel straight into the open arms of the wave dissapearing below the water, only to emerge a moment later gasping for air. A photographers dream really :-)
We began to head back up towards cape town and heading up into the hills we drove through Chapman's Peak. Despite being petrified by the sheer moutain cliffs and narrow winding roads the sight of the bay below was breathtaking. We continued down the valley to Hout Bay where we stopped for an icecream (and some photographs ofcourse...)
In the evening we went to the 'Cod Father' - recommended by many friends and family who had visited before us. The food from the Sushi Bar was delicious but the main course was impressive. A visit to the 'fish counter' is necessary where customers choose from a huge range of fish which the chef then cooks. Yummy.
Then it was time to pack before our last night in Cape Town for a while...
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