Our last day in SA. This was the morning after the night before.
The day before was Rob's 60th birthday - (see Table Mountain blog). I expected us to all be a bit jaded today - but actually we weren't. Table Mountain was a tiring day and while we got down onto the V&A Waterfront in the evening - it wasn't long before food (in Rob's case burger and chips for starter and main!) and of course some celebratory rounds made us feel dozy and ready for bed.
My plan was originally to go to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held in prison but we had dithered with our booking and consequently could not get a place on the trips. (should have listened to my own advice - ha!). I was disappointed initially but on the positive side we had seen Robben Island from afar as a view from Table Mountain and also as a result we found special Kalk Bay.
Kalk Bay - 30 or 40 minutes out of Cape Town - an easy drive. It was described in my guide book as an active small fishing harbour and one of the few black communities that escaped the Group Area Act on the Cape.
Kalk Bay was really lovely. I could live there - ha! The harbour was picturesque true - but not just that as so many are. It was a proper fishing community - not industrial scale fishing - but smallish wooden boats landing their catches from the bountiful seas around. There were some big seals in the harbour putting on a show - and anglers fishing off the sea walls. There were also lots of interesting small scale shops and quaint houses running down to the shore. Cape views of course were tremendous.
We had fish and chips on the quay and also tried salted sun dried fish. Great stuff. Just my cup of tea so to speak. Mike loved it too and Rob's camera never stopped clicking.
It was a great way to wind down before our flight home next day. Don't miss Kalk Bay if you like fish and the simple life.
The day before was Rob's 60th birthday - (see Table Mountain blog). I expected us to all be a bit jaded today - but actually we weren't. Table Mountain was a tiring day and while we got down onto the V&A Waterfront in the evening - it wasn't long before food (in Rob's case burger and chips for starter and main!) and of course some celebratory rounds made us feel dozy and ready for bed.
My plan was originally to go to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was held in prison but we had dithered with our booking and consequently could not get a place on the trips. (should have listened to my own advice - ha!). I was disappointed initially but on the positive side we had seen Robben Island from afar as a view from Table Mountain and also as a result we found special Kalk Bay.
Kalk Bay - 30 or 40 minutes out of Cape Town - an easy drive. It was described in my guide book as an active small fishing harbour and one of the few black communities that escaped the Group Area Act on the Cape.
Kalk Bay was really lovely. I could live there - ha! The harbour was picturesque true - but not just that as so many are. It was a proper fishing community - not industrial scale fishing - but smallish wooden boats landing their catches from the bountiful seas around. There were some big seals in the harbour putting on a show - and anglers fishing off the sea walls. There were also lots of interesting small scale shops and quaint houses running down to the shore. Cape views of course were tremendous.
We had fish and chips on the quay and also tried salted sun dried fish. Great stuff. Just my cup of tea so to speak. Mike loved it too and Rob's camera never stopped clicking.
It was a great way to wind down before our flight home next day. Don't miss Kalk Bay if you like fish and the simple life.
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| Dried fish ready to eat. Salty but real! |
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Drying fish
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