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3 hours in Capetown

9/9/2018

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The structure above was the gate to this central city park.
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Our guide and drive for the day is Mario. He lives in the mountains and doesn't like the city.  The kids play area was the coolest!  It had giant woven baskets for kids to play in.
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The City Center Market was the coolest food court I have ever seen in my life.  It was very unusual.
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This sushi display was rotating around.
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In this vast array of food Bob says he just wants a Hamburg ...he settled for ice cream!  Typical Bob.  
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Lion Head Mountain
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Atlantic Ocean
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Capetown Stadium
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Victoria Basin and Duncan Shipping Docks
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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens

9/9/2018

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Africa A  Beautiful Country

9/9/2018

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These were our glorious views as we traveling the country side between Hermanus, Stellenbosch and Cape Town.  I think there is a painting here somewhere. And these were all taken riding down the road and through the window.  
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Hermanus and the Southern Right Whale of Antartica

9/8/2018

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Todays agenda was to find the Southern Right Whale.  This particular whale swims up from Antartica to mate and birth in the warmer bay.  It received it's name of the "Right" Whale because it was the correct or right whale to kill.  They swim slow, swim close to shore and float on top of the water when they die.  Not so nice, but now they are protected and the numbers of these whales are slowly increasing.  We were supposed to see the great white sharks but the number of these has dramatically decreased and the sharks have possibly relocated them selves for unknown reasons, as of yet.  We saw the shark viewing boat with the cages in the water that were filled with people.  The water was extremely cold, burr.  
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It was a super beautiful day to float out in a boat.  The car ride to the boat was about 2 1/2 hour.  We drove past more of the Shanty sheds.  Cape town has provided some of these with electric power.
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Above:  Mom and baby here.
Below: 5  Mating Southern Right Whales
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For better viewing of this day go to www.whalewatchsa.com This day is called Tons and tons of whales on Spring Day,01 September 2018 Dyer Island Cruises.  one of their pictures are really clear of the female on her back.  They told me they may put the drone footage of the mating on the site later.  They also had a camera on a stick in the water.  
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Tons of seals are here.  
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Must be cold waiting for the sharks.  Yikes this is not for me.
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So many things to see...this creature is a female Nyala/Kudu...if the back is striped.

9/7/2018

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Above:  Female Nyalas / Kudu / Antelope...if my understanding is correct.  They are a totally different color than the males below.
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Above:  The Nyala /Kudu with the tan legs are amongst the zebras.  
​Below:  An Antelope / Impala.
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Sunday service in Hluhluwe


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This little church was a very nice surprise.  Pleasant fellowship, songs of praise and worship and a very good pastor, Dave.
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Vervet monkey with the nick name of Blue Ball.  And why would that be...you guessed it...blue balls.

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The weeks would not be the same without Shawn.  It was a pleasure to get to know you.  And a blessing to experience your zest for life.   Your infectious graceful attitude will remain in our hearts.  As to the explanation to the picture above we'll leave that to your imagination...and trust me it's all you can imagine! 
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 The gangs all here but Roger is missing this evening.  It has been a good week.  But we are not done yet.
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Ending Our Group Travel and On to Capetown

9/7/2018

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The Durban airport pictured below.
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It was a good flight from Durban to CapeTown.  Our driver took the liberty of changing his route to our Castle, so we could avoid rush hour traffic and drive along the coast.  It was Just beautiful.  
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Colona Castle

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Fresh fruit, water, tea,bisque  and  brandy each day.
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These are just a few pictures of the inside of the Castle.  Our breakfast table, juice, fruit, cereal, and yogurt bar, that we could eat while they prepared the hot portion of our breakfast. We ate on fine china and used silver cutlery!  This was  the view at breakfast.
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On the right is the bed in the room that we turned down.  The other room had a nicer bathroom...it was a difficult decision.
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Our veranda overlooking the coastal areas.
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In the evening on cooler days, Micheal (the castle owner), would light a fire in the entrance and sit and enjoy the fire.
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Dinner the first night was delightful.  Just 3 minutes from the Colona Castle was the Live Bait restaurant and it was delightful. Sea food pasta and catch of the day, appetizers, special drinks and desert with a view for $31.  tip included.
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Our driver Zunaid discussing the details of the day to come.
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This view would make a great painting.
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This is a section of what the stairs looked like behind the green cloth.  Pretty.

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