August 26, Cape Point and The Cape of Good Hope

While walking through the mall at the waterfront after dinner Sunday night it was drawn to these designs. I will quilt them some day.


After breakfast Monday we went to the Kirstenbosch Gardens. Oh my gosh are they beautiful. This was the view as we started walking one if the paths


The silver tree is found only here


The protea are just starting to bloom. It is very early spring





Still on the walking path


The fruits on the gardenia tree are the size of golf balls and are quite hard.


Gardenia fruit


I loved the sidewalk in the garden. These are rocks embedded in something.


This palm has the longest leaf of any plant anywhere


The big guy likes the garden to


On the drive out to cape point we stopped to visit the penguins at Simons Town. They are quite small, but so cute


This starling was guarding the restaurant as we ate lunch at Cape Point


This is it, The Cape of Good Hope. The terrain was beautiful, dramatic and quite rugged


Closer up





This is Cape Point, actually more beautiful than Good Hope


Robbin Island from the road. This is where the prison is that held Neksin Mandela. Sherri and I are going there Wednesday morning


This is the Malay part of Cape Town. Tuesday we will be visiting crafters there and having lunch.


Today started out beautiful, but by the time we returned it was quite cold and windy. Tomorrow will be inside activities and the weather is probably going to be the worst day if the trip. Our days have been remarkably free if bad weather. To date we have had one day if drizzle.

Location:Cape Town, SA