Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Garden Route - Southern coast of South Africa

December 2 - 7, 2018

We are now inland and it is very hot! Heat does not translate to Christmas time to me, but it is. I am sitting in the lodge working on this blog with over 100 degree temperatures listening the Christmas songs about cold weather and snow. It is just plain weird. Christmas is a summer holiday here so why songs about snow?

This post is about where we were last week. The weather was great and the scenery even better. From Addo NP we traveled east along the coast to East London. At that point we decided to totally change our plan for traveling thru South Africa. Instead of heading north we doubled back and headed for Cape Town. We back tracked a short distance and traveled west along the coast mostly thru the Garden Route National Park.

After visiting Addo Elephant Park, Vincent now thinks he is an elephant. They are about the same size.

Hibiscus in the campground.

A lot of the beaches have these tidal swimming pools. They look very inviting.

The boardwalk along Gonubie Beach, near East London.

Yes I do!
View along the N2.

Cape Agulhas - the southern most tip of Africa, where the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean meet.

Africa map at Cape Agulhas.
The lighthouse at sunset at Cape Agulhas.

The road from Cape Agulhas heading toward Cape Town. 

The scenery reminded us of the Palouse in eastern Washington.

Boulders Penguin Colony in Simon's Town. Busy day at the beach.
Who's going to jump first?

Beautiful day for a swim.
Found his own spot on the beach.

I think I will take a swim.

Penguin watching is very popular.

Penguins are everywhere.

View from our campsite in Simon's Town.

Says it all.

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