To the Cape of Good Hope

To the Cape of Good Hope (60 images)
On the first full day in South Africa we took a trip out to the Cape of Good Hope, the tip of Africa that was first seen by Vasco da Gaman just a few years after Columbus landed in the US.

Our first stop was at a point where we were able to view the Twelve Apostles, a mountain range with twelve peaks.

Traveling through the mountains, we came across a couple of what I call partial tunnels where the highway cut into the edge of the surface and propped up the area above the road with a type of bridge. It was a type of construction that was completely new to me.

At one point we came across a small town built along the shore. It was typical of the rest of South Africa in that the structures were multicolored and quite attractive.

Shortly after that, we came across a few baboons sitting alongside the highway. Since they were the first wild animals we had seen on our trip, we spent quite a lot of time just watching them and taking lots of photos.

When we arrived at the Cape, we immediately bought tickets and went up on the railway car to the top where we were met by the beauty of the place and the fact that they had an email system whereby you could email a photo of yourself that they took of you at the Cape. I really thought that all of South Africa would be that way, but alas, it was not to be. The two young ladies who handled the email concession were, however, happy to pose for a photo.

From the Cape, we traveled along the coast to our next stop in the next album.

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Departing from Cape Town