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| Cape Poin |
Warren, was an interesting and friendly young guy we met in Tofo, Mozambique about 3 months ago, and we were welcomed into his home in Hout Bay with his mum (Bev), dad (Keith) and brother (Bradley). Yet again South African hospitality - UBUNTU - abounded. Fantastic! Their lovely home backs onto Table Mountain National Park, and we enjoyed some home time with the family who were all really down-to-earth and easy to talk to. Warren rearranged his time to take us around Cape Point. After a brief stop at his work at the life saving club in ritzy Llandudno he took us along the coast and through Chapman's Peak road. It was a super-scenic drive as we travelled around the most south-western point of SA, with beaches and mountains all around. Highlights were the beautiful bays and lighthouse at the Point, which we hiked down to and walked along the cliffs.
And then of course, the African Penguin colony at Boulders Beach, Simonstown. It is now a national park with a boardwalk installed to protect the penguins' habitat. At the second location further down, we were able to walk down onto the beach and beside the penguins (with the few that were there). But they were pretty cute and comical. Not sure how much they liked us imitating there waddle. Apparently these endangered African penguins will actually walk up into town!!
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| Martin with African penguin in Simonstown |
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| African Penguin footprints |
We cruised back along the coast through scenic fishing towns and stopped at Muzenberg to watch the surfers!
After a long day out it was nice to come home to Bev's cooking. She made a traditional dish of the local Malay, called Baboutie...it was yummy. We had two nights at Warren's in their guest cabin, deep in the lush garden shrouded by mountains, and then it was onto more attractions....namely wine country and one of the most famous wine regions in the world - Stellenbosch. *Mush
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| The Witte's - with Warren in middle |
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