There are some days when everything goes the way it was not only meant to but even better, today was one of them.
Booked ourselves on a group tour to visit the Cape of Good Hope and Stellenbosch, nobody else booked in, so it was the guide and us, a nice private tour.
The guide/ driver, Shafiq, made the trip a truly memorable one. The views and the wildlife as we drove by were in themselves inspiring but he took it to another level. He was not only one of the nicest people around but also gave us an insight into the history, culture, religion, politics, corruption ( synonymous with politics), townships,wildlife and the recent changes.
We visited Hout's Bay, there was a man there feeding seals, he had fish in his mouth which the seal would jump up to take. I am not sure if I would be game to have live/ dead fish in my mouth for a seal, though it made good watching.
Passed ostrich in farms as well as wild ones roaming in the National Park. At a farm Jeevan's hand got a good jab from an ostrich as he tried to pet one ( was told they had no teeth so the head end was harmless).
Cape of Good Hope ( which is not the southern most part of Africa ) and Cape Point were quite busy with tourists , chatted with a few. That is another thing with traveling we have really fun conversations with random people. The cliffs are sheer drops and quite easy to see how a ship would get wrecked there.
Visited a penguin colony along our way to Stellenbosch. On arriving there visited the J.C. Le Roux (my favorite SA wine) winery. Then went to the Lanzerac winery, it has the best personalized service I have had. It is a small winery but we were treated so well that I would love to visit it again. We had a lovely cheese platter with our wine tasting plus a chocolate liqueur shot, a great tour of the cellars and then wine we were buying given to us on the house!
Passed the largest Township on the way, it stretches for miles, such a contrast to the other side of town. Do people live in them only due to necessity or is there a sense of community that they relate to ?
Met up with our overland tour this evening and due to a recent flooding of the Orange river we have to start tomorrow at 0430 instead of 0630. Goodnight.
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