Don't Feed the Baboons

This was the central message of the numerous signs at the Cape of Good Hope, the southwesternmost point on the African continent (it is a widely-held misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa and divides the Atlantic & Indian Oceans...this honor in fact goes to Cape Agulhas, a little bit down the coast from the more famous Cape of Good Hope, which was named by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488). Oh, and we didn't see any baboons today.

It's been a glorious two days in Cape Town, and we've fortunately taken advantage of it. Monday was spent scampering up Table Mountain (actually, the word "trudging" or perhaps even "limping" would seem more appropriate...it's not easy), which provides spectacular views of the entire Cape Town area as well as sore, achy calves the following day after taking the hike up (you can choose to take a cable car, but where's the fun in that?)

Today (Tuesday) was spent driving down the Cape Coast towards the Cape of Good Hope, where we took in some more ridiculously beautiful scenery, swam in the ocean, and frolicked with the numerous penguins in nearby Simon's Town. We just returned from a very filling Thai dinner close to our hotel, and thought I'd pop by "Technically Correct", my Internet Cafe of choice, to update my blog before turning in for the evening...