Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A trip to Hout Bay to see fur seals takes half an hour from Green Point,Cape Town

July 29 has been a grey cool day, nothing of note to report about the stadium other then that they are at still at work at night, so I would like to show you a short scenic trip I took a few days ago If you do this for the first time you will never forget a minute of this route

From Green Point take the road passed Camps Bay and Llandudno through the "Suikerbossie Pass" and half an hour later you arrive in Hout Bay This is the beautiful protected Hout Bay harbour where I took a boat to Duiker island to see the colony of fur seals after I had a calamari lunch on the terrace of Chapmans Peak Hotel with view of the harbour

There are hundreds of seals and birds on the island, I wouldn’t like to swim in these waters apart from being icy, seals are one of the delicacies on the Great White’s menu. You can see the spectacular Chapmans Peak drive on the left, which is at the moment closed because of rock fall but I could see they are busy repairing it


A close up of a fur seal I took in the V&A waterfront harbour here I can certainly still remember how awestruck I was the first time I saw the scenery on this route I had a fantastic day again with walks around the harbour and in the countryside

10 comments:

  1. Joanne have u got you dSLR yet? great pics again.

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  2. Thank you :) No I haven't I am still dithering but my birthday is coming up fast so I need to decide !

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  3. ahh birthdays are nice mine's in a few days too n i told the important ppl i want camera stuff hehe

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  4. Thats amazing so you are a Leo too :) mine is tomorrow when is yours ?

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  5. hey Belated Happy Birthday Joanne hope it was a good one n that u got that dSLR hehe mines on the 8th. long live the leo women lol

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  6. Absolutely and thank you I drink to that :)
    got the promise but not the cam yet, havent had the time to look into what kind of lenses I choose.. I want a telephoto and land scape one but I do know which body I want, I will mention it in my blog when I get all the kit

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  7. No camera talk from me Joanne, I just want to wish you a happy very belated birthday....but hey, better late than never. And I now feel bad about neglecting your blog while I was on holiday and not being able to congratulate you in time. Hope you had a good day :)

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  8. Dont feel bad Thnaks for the wishes I hope you had a wonderful relaxing holiday Helen Did you stay in Sweden ?

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  9. Yep, we decided to stay in Sweden and it was great not to have to live life by the regular timetable, but now the days are getting colder and shorter and I think I've seen the odd leaf turning too....autumn is on its way...brrr! :-)

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  10. I remember it well from when I was living in Norway. Autumn in August! How I hated it :)

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