Capetown is breathtaking in its location and natural environment. The mountains form a bowl and the city is located in the middle of mountain ranges and a beach. Table Mountain allows visitors to go up in a cable car and then walk around the mountain offering 360 degree views of the city, other mountains and the beaches. A phenomenon on Table Mountain is that the clouds roll over the mountain (also called a table cloth) and create this mystical sensation. It felt like we were flying on top of the mountain or that the mountain was producing smoke (an old local story is that a pirate met the devil on the mountain top and in order to get his soul back he challenged the devil to a smoking contest...it hasn't ended yet!).
The Cape also has incredible food and wines -- we have truly been impressed with the offerings and relatively cheap prices. It has a very San Fran feel and similarly a young population. Really a cool city.
The second day we did a township tour with a very nice young African from Landa -- one of the safest townships but rife with poverty. It was a very interesting cultural experience and again brought home the realities and tragedies of apartheid.
Today we drove down to Cape Point and had some amazing views of the most southwesternly point in Africa. We saw baboons, penguins (jackass peguins they are called...seriously!), a rock rabbit and field mice. But the amazing part was views of mountains and oceans from our hikes on a clear and beautiful day.
Tomorrow I get to check off an item from my bucket list...cage diving with the great white sharks. If you don't hear for me in a while...maybe you should start worrying. Hahaha.
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