Where the Atlantic meetings the Indian - almost

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Where the Atlantic meetings the Indian - almost

Thursday, June 26

Shaken out of a deep sleep by the ring of the front desk alerting us to the arrival of our tour company, we sprang into action to get ready for the day. The day before we had arranged a tour of the city from our airport driver and we now embarked on a trip to see the twelve apostles, Camps Bay, Cape Peninsula, Cape of Storms, Baboons, Ostrich farm, and the hot weathered Jackass Penguins. Our first stop was Camps Bay, where we would return later for a sundowner and dinner. Camps Bay is full of posh homes and along with Bentley Bay, resemble the Beverly Hills of Cape Town. Taking some pictures of Lion’s Head from the beautiful white beach in Camps Bay, we pushed on to Cape Peninsula and the Cape of Storms, more commonly known as the Cape of Good Hope. With a birds eye view from atop of the brightest lighthouse in the world, we marveled at the sight of the unofficial joining point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Of course the real meeting place is within a short drive, but geometrically speaking, the Cape of Good Hope is the closest point, although not most southern, to Antarctica. The wind whipped us around after our 25 minute walk up to the lighthouse where we got a fantastic shot of a tree map to show us which way pointed home - or at least to New York. Between stops we found ourselves curiously comatose in the guide van. Trying our best not to miss anything, we occasionally dosed off with heavy eyelids probably more from our hike than from jetlag. Finally, our tour ran across some baboons wandering the highway. We stopped and snapped a few photos; we chose not to photograph a baboon with a particularly infected buttocks, but did grab an incredible shot of a baby being carried around by his mother. Pushing forward we stopped at an Ostrich farm where both of us reluctantly fed the Ostriches out of our hands. A little frightening at first, these big birds seemed to annoy each other and raise their heads high in preparation for battle. Although we didn’t see any skirmishes, we found them to be mostly well behaved. Lastly, our tour brought us to the Jackass Penguins of South Africa. Arriving in 1982, a pair of penguins produced an entire colony that today lives among the residents in Simon’s Town. The penguins yell at each other sounding like donkeys, hence their name. Their waddle delighted Tabitha and their quirkiness is eye pleasing. And finally, we arrived back at the hotel and made our way for a sundowner at Tuscany in Camps Bay, along with dinner at Round House. Round House was a World War II watchtower, and through the years has been built out from the original tower similar to an onion. Dinner was superb, our host Fosie noted some wonderful other destinations to ensure we didn’t miss anything.

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Photos

Looking South over Cape of Good Hope
To the right, Atlantic
To the left, Indian

Comments

[Christine Saleebey]

Wow!!
You managed to do in one day what Billy and I did in several days in Cape Town. You must be exhausted!! I am so glad that you made it to all those places and I hope they were as fantastic as I said =) Can't wait to see more pics when you get back. Oh, and is that a real sea lion Tab is petting?