From our apartment we get a fab view of Chapman’s Peak
Drive, the famous scenic cliff road from Hout Bay. Our aim for the day was to drive along
Chapman’s Peak Drive and then continue down to Cape Point. We were hoping to be able to braai somewhere for lunch and had bought ostrich steaks to celebrate Boxing Day (slightly different to our normal turkey curry).
The views back to Hout Bay from the side of
the road on Chapman's Peak Drive were superb but we were put to shame by the cyclists and runners doing the climb - it is certainly a great cycling route though so maybe one day!!.
As we
drove along the coast road our hopes of having a braai diminished as there were signs everywhere
saying no fires allowed – considering everywhere else we had been we had been
able to cook on open fires we were somewhat surprised. We were also surprised
by the sheer numbers of cars heading to Cape Point and eventually when we hit a long traffic jam we decided to
abandon our plan for another day and headed to Simon’s Town instead
The traffic in Simon’s Town was also mad but we did finally
find somewhere to park at the far end of town. The town has an interesting mixture of boats with a large naval base and busy port.
We wandered through the town and its curio stalls to Boulder’s
Beach to see the colony of African Penguins. It was really odd to see penguins next
to a town but even odder to see so many people viewing them as Ian and I are no longer used to having our views invaded by other people!
We had a very relaxed lunch back in Simon’s Town before
heading along the False Bay coast past Fish Hoek and some spectacular beaches which were absolutely packed before returning to Hout Bay. Having
failed to find anywhere to braai we ended up back in the apartment cooking our
ostrich steaks on the gas bbq – not quite the same as cooking on a wood braai but
the steaks were excellent never the less.
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