We now had an extra day in Cape Town and we were at a bit of
a loss as to what to do. Finally we got
a cab into the V&A Waterfront to do a bit of last minute Christmas
shopping. The Waterfront is a
fascinating mixture of a fully working port combined with shops, bars,
restaurants and harbour boat trips.
Within minutes of arriving a young guy standing next to a billboard stand
accosted us to try to sell us an hour’s trip into the bay. Initially we declined but the yacht was too
tempting so we headed back and paid our money.
The ticket office was around the corner so he went off to get our
tickets leaving us at the stand with his mate.
A few minutes later we noticed his
mate had also wandered off and we suddenly thought that we might have been done
by a superb scam. The minutes passed and
we really started to believe we had been had, and were literally just about to
give up and accept our stupidity when we spotted the guy coming back towards
us. We felt a bit guilty for thinking he
had scammed us but we also realised how easy it would actually be!
The boat trip gave us lovely views back to Cape Town with
Table Mountain in the background and within minutes we saw dolphins swimming
alongside the boat.
Superb fisherman’s platter lunch watching the boats entering
the harbour washed down with a lovely bottle of SA white wine – my commitment to
not drinking wine has failed since reaching SA!
The museum next door was showing a worldwide wildlife photography competition
so we thought we would take a look to see what we should have done on our
trip. The pictures were really disappointing
though - I am sure they are all superb but they had been so digitally manipulated
that they no longer looked like photos at all.
We spent the rest of the afternoon meandering around the myriad of shops
which considering our normal attraction was quite impressive.
Leisurely evening stroll along Lagoon Beach including a very
quick dip of our toes in the Atlantic – it is very very cold.
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