South Africa 2002 Day 15/16 Cape Town

We were still aiming to go up the Table Mountain today, but the clouds seemed even more stubborn than we were. We passed by Camps Bay and we went for a nauseous boat ride to take in the Seal island, which in my opinion should be called the Seal rock. Then it's fish and chips for lunch again...

Camps Bay

Seal Island

View from the fish and chips shop

Then, we were off to check out some nuns and waiters, the Jackass Penguins....They are so kawaii...but quite aggressive.


And we went up the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean. We saw the Cape Point, the tip of the Cape Peninsula, which was mistaken by many as the southern tip of Africa. It was Cape Agulhas which was the most southern tip.

Cape Point


Going up the Cape of Good Hope

Where the Atlantic meets the Indian

Group picture time

Our last attempt at Table mountain

Finally we had our last dinner in SA. Everything gave their thanks to Gerhard and Derek for making the trip possible and for their fun comments along the trip. Not forgetting Song Guang, our geog soc rep, who gathered us for this trip...

Thanksgiving kiss

Day 17

Our final morning in SA. We packed our stuff to head for the airport for our flightback home. On our bus, we finally saw one clear view of the Table Mountain sans table cloth. Derek says this meant that we'll have an excuse to return, to conquer the Table Mountain.

Our last view of Table Mountain