Cape of Good Hope

I signed on with a place called Day Trippers to do a day tour to the Cape of Good Hope, which is in Table Mountain National Park, apparently. We first went to Houts Bay and took a ferry to seal island. Other people were more impressed by the seals, since they can't see them at home I guess. (To be fair, these were a little different than the seals in SF harbor, but not much.) I used the time identifying various shore birds lurking amongst the seals. After that we went to Simon's Town and saw... PENGUINS!! Now I've seen TWO species of penguins! There were chicks, and they were so cute waddling around...

Anywho. We had lunch, heard horror stories about the baboons, and went in to the park. Then they pulled the bikes out of the trailer and we did a brisk 7k ride to the end of Cape Point. It was so beautiful riding through the fynbos habitat. I mostly like it because after I walked the bike up the first hill, it was all a downhill coast. We saw eland and there was an ostrich right by the sea eating plants. I stopped and got pictures. Also saw a fish eagle using the wind coming off the waves to just hover, which was pretty awesome. The point was full of people trying to get their pictures taken by the sign. (It's a bit misleading. People think it's the southernmost point of Africa, where it only claims to be the farthest south-WESTern point of Africa.) We also saw the old lighthouse (can't remember what it was called).

After the tour, an older couple treated me to dinner since they knew I was traveling alone. They were nice. Why is it I always seem to get along better with old people than with my peers? I don't mind much, since my peers wouldn't have bought me dinner. :)