Monday, September 19, 2011

Boulders Beach & Penguins

Just up the coast from Simon's Town is Boulders Beach
...where a colony of African penguins live
...which made Jake very very happy :)

We were able to spend several hours enjoying the penguins up close as they wandered freely
posing 
singing
waddling around the beach
 and the rocks
and going for a swim
 Here we are venturing into the cold waters of False Bay (the Indian Ocean side)
 More amusing warning signs


We really enjoyed our time with the penguins!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Cape Peninsula

As part of our Cape Town trip, we rented a car and spent a day driving around the coast, including to Cape Point, the Cape of Good Hope, Boulder Beach and some of the beach towns.  We were also able to stay a couple nights enjoying one of these lovely beach communities.
the entrance to Cape Point

pointing the directions and distances to al the world's major cities
the old lighthouse
the new lighthouse, ship wrecks litter this coast
the Cape of Good Hope
Rachel and I being brave and heading down into the frigid water...and demostrating all the places Chacos go
enjoying the beach, and only the beach due the water being full of jelly fish and cold...

until we saw this baboon who stumbled upon a watermelon half left on the beach...he was very content until the rest of his large troop found him and came running over the hill towards him and us, yelling...and we all became very scared...and started moving as quickly as possible towards the car
...due to signs like this one, which are posted all over
Simon's Town
Our lovely Guesthouse in the fishing town of Kalk Bay
and the view of Kalk Bay
our group enjoying a lovely fresh seafood dinner

next up...Jake's favorite part of the trip :)