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Day 15 - Seals & penguins
We went on a day trip to Cape Peninsula.
The first stop was Hout Bay - a little fishing village with a small island covered with seals nearby (called, quite surprisingly, Seal Island). Seals are fat and lazy, but cute.
We then proceeded to Simons Town, a Victorian seaside village on the False Bay (eastern part of the peninsula), but didn't stay there long. Note to myself - go back when the weather is good. Instead, we went straight to Boulder's beach that hosts a small (the only??) colony of African Jackass Penguin in South Africa.
If I understood the guide correctly, the penguins only came there in the 1980s. I could only imagine the feelings of a local resident when one nice morning he comes out of his beachfront house in Africa and sees a penguin.
Penguins are hillarious - and they are tiny. They don't really look like birds - more like bizzare midget creatures. A seagull has been bothering them while we were there as it was bigger than most of them.
Our next stop was the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, a part of Cape Floral Region which has recently been added to the list of World Heritage Sites by Unesco. Going back there for sure - next time with a tripod.
We finally made it to the end of the continent, Cape Point, in the early afternoon. It was drizzling from time to time, but to make up for the cloudy weather we got to play with a rainbow.
Copyright © 2005 Olga Khroustaleva
apete said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 9:10 PM about Balloons
and recycle bins.
apete said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 9:10 PM about This one has retired
I think that was Steamboat Willies!
apete said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 9:11 PM about Seal island
Is that penguin lost?
apete said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 9:14 PM about Rainbow and me
THERE'S A RAINBOW GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD!!!!
srah said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 10:35 PM about Looks evil
Cute!
srah said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 10:36 PM about Romantic...
I love them!
srah said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 10:36 PM about They look comfortable
Lumpy lumpy slugs!
srah said on Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 10:36 PM about Seal island
Neat! He thinks he's a seal!
Noor said on Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 9:51 AM about Looks evil
he's kind of cute . . . in that don't come near me or I'll spray you with something nasty kind of way.
Noor said on Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 9:54 AM about Rainbow and me
not only is it going through your head, it is coming out of your ear!