We left Cape
Town around noon on Thursday, September 26th, after a walk around
the Waterfront area. Since our 5
year wedding anniversary is tomorrow, Matt and I made a little journey to a
jewelry store to commemorate said day with a token on my finger: a Tanzanite
stone. Since we’re in Africa on
our anniversary, it makes sense to mark the occasion with something that only
comes from Africa.
Fitting.
Anyway, after
we walked around a bit and stimulated the South African economy, we made our way
through the winding mountainous/oceanic road toward a town called Hermanus. We stopped here for the night for three
reasons: 1)it’s beautiful and right off the coast, 2) it’s the perfect place to
do our Great White Shark cage diving excursion, and 3)two more friends of ours
from the BVI live here during hurricane season and invited us to stay with them
for the night.
Since our Great
White Shark plans were put on hold due to the weather, we settled with the idea
of a chill day/night taking in the sights and visiting with our friends. The drive alone was fantastic; I would
say it’s California’s equivalent of the Pacific Coast Highway. Mountains to one side; ocean and
cascading waves on the other.
Sprinkle in a few homes and tunnels along the way and you’ve got a
fantastically awesome drive. To
make it even more enchanting, it was a cloudy/misty day so the gray skies made
the green and brown stand out more.
What we didn’t
realize, until we arrived, was how windy it was outside. The cage diving was cancelled due to
inclement weather, and we could see why.
Easily 20 foot waves and wind that I’ve never experienced made it
rather, er, windy for our liking outside.
We met our friends at a little restaurant just off the wharf and enjoyed
a lite lunch and some wine, while watching whales in the distance breaching
(humpbacks and Southern Rights migrate this time of year to mate).
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| Southern Right off in the distance |
After a bit, we
journeyed back to our friends’ house, and had a lovely evening catching up and
drinking wine. It became windier,
and as we settled into bed for the night we could hear the wind knocking into
our windows!
I’m REALLY glad
the shark diving was cancelled!
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