And we’re off again…surprise surprise!!! Today is our Cape Point tour day where we travel along the coastline similar to the California Pacific Coast Highway. We also went to the Cape of Good Hope which is the southwestern most part of South Africa! Very exciting! In the process we drove through some of the most amazing scenery I have ever seen!!! I saw a seal, penguins, ostrich, antelope and lots of baboons! Needless to say we saw National Geographic worthy exhibits of baboon love which left us shocked, disgusted and in hysterics. We were traveling along the road when all of a sudden we came across some baboons. There was a very dominant male that liked to pick fights with the other baboons. As we drove on we were excited to see little babies with their mommy. Before we knew what was happening the alpha male forced himself on the mama in front of her babies! Let’s just say that there was no romance in this encounter and we were truly reminded of the blunt reality of nature…even in front of the babies!! The funniest part of it all is that one of the volunteers was videotaping the baboons prior to this as I was photographing them. Our driver was getting frustrated that they were just walking in the middle of the road forcing us to make a complete stop. Other cars in front of us kept stopping to take pictures. In his adorable South African accent he yelled at the cars in front of us to “move your butt.” We watched it several times just for the cute accent because we couldn’t stop laughing. If I can upload the video and hilarious picture I will do so. PLEASE NOTE…it is NOT a G rated video but very funny!
After that humorous yet traumatic episode…we were off to view more ocean and landscape pictures in the Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope area. It left me speechless! For more information on this area here is a link explaining more about it: http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionswc/cape-point.htm
We also planned to go to a concert being performed by two South African artists named Lira and Crazy White Boy. The concert was held at Kirstenbosch which is probably one of the largest botanical gardens in the world…check it out below!! It is beautiful and the concert was awesome. The view was incredible and the background was Table Mountain. You are allowed to bring in your own food and beverages and have a picnic concert. We all had a great day but were very excited to get home and relax. Tomorrow is going to be a great day with the kids…I am so excited to see them. http://www.sanbi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&Itemid=57&id=139
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