Friday, 27 April 2012

Cape Town & surrounds


Aside from getting my heart racing abseiling down Table Mountain, I explored a little further, taking in the Woodstock markets, where I found buffalo mozzarella and flammekueche (YUM!), the V&A Waterfront and the District 6 museum.
Five of us also rented a car for the day, starting off at Groot Constantia for a wine tasting (aside from the poor [self-]designated driver), followed by lunch in Simon’s Town. A highlight was definitely seeing the nearby African Penguins at Foxy Beach,
 once called ‘Jackass’ penguins because of their donkey-like braying. 

 
Breeding season only started a couple of months ago and there were many fluffy penguins waddling around or demanding food from their parents.

We saw dassies looking at the view from the lighthouse at Cape Point

 and ostriches at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa’s most South-western point,

before heading to Kommetjie for a beer and then Hout Bay for dinner at the Mariner’s Wharf (I highly recommend the calamari steak – so tender…)

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