Today was long bus tour day for all of the international students at the University of Cape Town. We piled into 9 coach busses and headed all around this glorious city! Our first stop was a scenic overlook of the Cape Bay where we had muffins and juice. [sidenote: muffins with cheddar cheese on top is not only common here, it is expected! new taste sensation: 8.5] Anyways, we drove around downtown learning about the history of the city and country as a whole. The next 2 stops were places that I have visited before, but they both still took my break away a second time.
Boulders Beach: Home of the Cape Penguins! As many of you know, penguins are my favorite animal and seeing them crawl around the beach was so much fun! We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to visit too--the sun was shining brightly (yes mom, I wore lots of sunscreen) and there was not a cloud in the sky. All the penguins were out and about scuttling along in the sand and throwing their bodies into the waves. They are hilarious little creatures!
Cape Point/Cape of Good Hope: OH.MY.GOODNESS! I wish I could upload all of my pictures from this place. Probably one of the most beautiful places on the earth thus far. The blues and greens are astounding! It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the park entrance out to point and then from there you must take a rather trecherous hiking trail out to either point. Today, I hiked only out to the Cape of Good Hope which is where the settlers came and landed for the first time on South African soil. It was actually called the Cape of Storms by Vasco de Gamma, but his king told him to rename so people would venture down there again, thus Cape of Good Hope came about. Anyways, we were also told not to go down to the beach because there were strong rip currents, but along the trail out to the point there was a rather inviting staircase that led down to the beach....naturally, with my love for the beach AND adventure, my housemates liz, drew and I decided we should go for a little detour. We climbed the rickety staircase down the side of the mountain to the water's edge, took our shoes off and ran through the sand down to dip our toes in the ocean. GLORIOUS!! Hopefully these pictures will give you just a glimpse of the magificent beauty that is on this south-western most tip of the whole of Africa. We still had to make it back to the bus in time so after dipping our toes in, we went scurried back up the side of the mountain and continued out to the very tip of the Cape of Good Hope and just sat enjoying God's beauty. I love going to new places in different parts of the world and admiring God's handiwork. It is vastly different and meticulous all at the same time, but it still screams of a greater being, only someone so infinately wise as our God could design something this beautiful and full of variety. I am simply in awe!
Boulders Beach: Home of the Cape Penguins! As many of you know, penguins are my favorite animal and seeing them crawl around the beach was so much fun! We could not have asked for a more beautiful day to visit too--the sun was shining brightly (yes mom, I wore lots of sunscreen) and there was not a cloud in the sky. All the penguins were out and about scuttling along in the sand and throwing their bodies into the waves. They are hilarious little creatures!
Cape Point/Cape of Good Hope: OH.MY.GOODNESS! I wish I could upload all of my pictures from this place. Probably one of the most beautiful places on the earth thus far. The blues and greens are astounding! It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the park entrance out to point and then from there you must take a rather trecherous hiking trail out to either point. Today, I hiked only out to the Cape of Good Hope which is where the settlers came and landed for the first time on South African soil. It was actually called the Cape of Storms by Vasco de Gamma, but his king told him to rename so people would venture down there again, thus Cape of Good Hope came about. Anyways, we were also told not to go down to the beach because there were strong rip currents, but along the trail out to the point there was a rather inviting staircase that led down to the beach....naturally, with my love for the beach AND adventure, my housemates liz, drew and I decided we should go for a little detour. We climbed the rickety staircase down the side of the mountain to the water's edge, took our shoes off and ran through the sand down to dip our toes in the ocean. GLORIOUS!! Hopefully these pictures will give you just a glimpse of the magificent beauty that is on this south-western most tip of the whole of Africa. We still had to make it back to the bus in time so after dipping our toes in, we went scurried back up the side of the mountain and continued out to the very tip of the Cape of Good Hope and just sat enjoying God's beauty. I love going to new places in different parts of the world and admiring God's handiwork. It is vastly different and meticulous all at the same time, but it still screams of a greater being, only someone so infinately wise as our God could design something this beautiful and full of variety. I am simply in awe!
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That picture is amazing.
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