(This from a Net Cafe with an extremely slow connection.) The Bewildered Tourists said farewell to Cape Town with an unsuccessful attempt to visit Robin Island and Table Mountain, (closed due to wind and clouds) and drowned their sorrows by tasting wine at one of the South African vineyards in the district (tough assignment), visiting the Cape of Good Hope, where Doug had Danish Pia in stitches when he drove of an aggressive and soon-to-be confused Baboon with his imitation of an enraged Norwegian-American gorilla. (Heck. He just made myself look big and roared. It works.) It was cool to walk along the shore of Southwestern Africa's southernmost point, and then to see the world''s scrawniest penguins ... on sorry ...African Penguins. These must be the black sheep of the penguin world, with their small stature, motley feathers and plain colors. That's so at least compared to their aristocratic Antarctic king in sleek tuxedos. Fun though to watch the African birds waddle and clumsily slide along the rocks.
Our trek started when Milton, our guide from Zimbabwe, herding us out to the truck with our backpacks. (Doug had a sad farewell with Lizzie the Dog, a resident of the Cape Town Inn. Of course, Doug always has a sad farewell with any nice dog anywhere.) The Truck _ officially the Safari Vehicle _ is a Man heavy truck with a kitchen and storage area on the cargo bed, with an Aquarium designed to house human tourists grafted on top of that. We're not quite sure whether the wildlife is on display, or whether we are being driven around to show them what European tourists look like. Who cares?
The Truck is designed for 16 passengers, but only five of us, Eva, Doug, Pia of Denmark, Morris of Australia and Rubin of Germany, so we can hardly complain of overcrowding. We headed north, stopping only for essential supplies (read that 'beer' in Doug case. Eva also bought a little wine.) Off. Off. Off. Into the wilds.
Yippee. D&E
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