1/21/2011
Such an exciting day! We left at 8:00 for The Cape of Good Hope. It took us about an hour to drive to the national park. At the park we were allowed out to either climb up to the lighthouse at the top of a hill, or go down to the ocean. Only about 5 of us decided to go play in the ocean- and boy am I glad I did! The stairs to get down to the beach were terrifying; there was no stand and measure for the height of the steps and many were not even straight across. With an app. 200 stairs down it was a tricky affair. But well worth it; cliffs soared above our heads, the sand was soft, and HUGE waves crashed in to the shore. It was gorgeous to say the least.
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| These guys were fishing way up on the cliff! |
Our next stop was to see the African Penguins. The area with the penguins had been turned into a national park since the immigration of penguins had increased tourism in the area- and the penguins kept wreaking havoc on the neighborhood’s gardens and such. There was far more penguins than I thought there would be- they almost outnumbered the Japanese tourists that were looking at them!
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| Babies! |
We ate lunch on a public beach just outside the penguin park. After playing in the water for a little bit I realized that I had turned an alarming shade of lobster-red. Oops. Guess that’s my cue to get out of the sun.
After our busy morning we headed back to St. Paul’s guest house to finish packing and do any last minute shopping.
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