African penguins at Boulders Beach on Cape Point. Two pairs of penguins settled here in 1982 and now there are more than 3000 birds. Many of the up market houses no longer have unrestricted access to the beach.
Another view of the impressive coast near Cape Point.
Cape of Good Hope, but no Flying Dutchman visible.
More wildflowers.
We were just a bit early to see the vineyards in the Stellenbosch area and as it was a very grey day we did not see the Drakenstein(?) mountains surrounding the valley.
Typical Cape Dutch architecture of the Dutch Reformed Church in Franschhoek. French Huguenot refugees established the wine industry in South Africa.
Street scene in Franschhoek a most attractive small town.
More thatched Cape Dutch architecture on a Paarl vineyard.
Nelson Mandela's statue outside Groot Drakenstein Prison in the Winelands This is where he took his first steps as a free man.
One of the exhibits in the District 6 museum. District 6 was a largely coloured area (many Malays) until it was declared a White area in 1966 and the 60,000 residents forced to relocate to a much less desirable area.
Typical Cape Town pub near the District 6 museum
Kirstenbosch - Cape Town's beautiful botanic gardens at the foot of Table Mountain.
Protea in the gardens
Mandela's Gold - a new variety of Strelitzia bred at Kirstenbosch.
Guinea fowl appeal to me.
An owl almost hidden behind a rock in Kirstenbosch.
The fabulous fish restaurant at Muisbosskerm. The mussels were superb.
A pair of gannets 'scissoring' in their colony near Lambert's Bay.
South Africa has no cacti, but the ecological niche is filled by succulents.
The blog will now go into hibernation until we set off again.
It all looks beautiful!
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