May 11 - Penguins!

Our next stop was Simon’s Town where we had a late lunch at a lovely seafood restaurant overlooking the bay. Watered (some with wine!) and fed, we walked a few minutes to The Boulders, home to African penguins. These charming birds amused us with their antics and serenaded us with their distinctive donkey-braying call. We saw a father penguin taking over the duty of sitting on the two eggs in the nest from the mother penguin. Good parenting! We could have watched these charming birds for hours, but time was ticking, and we needed to get back to the city.

Liz took the highway back home, and dropped us safely at the hotel about 5:00 p.m. It had been a full, interesting, informative and thought-provoking day. What an incredible end to our time based in Cape Town!

Tomorrow, we are off to Hermanus.Read more