After all the wine, I assigned for Tuesday a nice drive and only light hiking. Jessie and I had arranged to drive down to the Cape of Good Hope, but she had a tour until 1 in the afternoon. Fine by me - it was an excuse to catch up on some much-needed sleep.
In the afternoon we set off on our tour of the cape. The first stop was St. James, a town with some iconic, brightly colored beach houses:
Shortly after we saw a nice looking beach and stopped to see if there was a trail. There wasn't, but we made our way down anyway. Worth it:
Further down the road was Simon's Town, a small town near the cape. There was a harbor and some shops but not too much else. There's a place you can stop and pay to see penguin and apparently they come right up to you. We didn't stop. I know, blasphemy, right? Time was not on our side and there was much more to see.
Finally we arrived at the cape and it was definitely worth the drive. The sun was not quite setting, but was low enough to give a nice orange glow to the landscape.
From the Cape of Good Hope you can see both the Indian Ocean:
And the Atlantic Ocean:
At the same time. Impressive.
At one point we were trying to get to a place where we could take a good photo, but there was a group of 5 or 6 people with cameras, tripods, and equipment that had the same idea. We won and asked them to take our picture just to add insult to injury. Take that, (fellow) tourists!
On the drive back we wanted to stop and grab something to drink. Jessie had been working in small villages in East South Africa, so with her direction I drove into a township and got to see the barest glimpse of a real side of South Africa.
With the sun reaching the horizon we started looking for a good place to watch it set. On the way we saw some cool scenery by a place called Chapman's Peak:
We decided to watch the sunset at Chapman's Point just around the bend. It was very nice. South Africa can be absolutely beautiful:
The drive back gave us more beautiful views of Hout's Bay:
Finally we were back in Camp's Bay and Clifton, just on the other side of Table Mountain from Cape Town. We looked unsuccessfully for a place with fish and chips but considering the swanky feel and super-nice houses in Clifton we decided it would be better to go back to the city center.
We picked up Yoann at the hostel and went to Long Street, then ate at a place with gourmet burgers that were todiefer. I had originally planned to eat out less and buy groceries fairly often on this trip, but the quality and cost-effectiveness of the food in these places is just... Great. I'll pay for it when I get back, I'm sure, but for now I'm content.
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