We're engaged!

I can finally announce it to you all! On Dec 22nd Suzy Ongendangenda said yes to me, so we are now engaged! This is one happy post for sure! We are thinking of a fall wedding and will be having a 2nd, traditional style wedding in South Africa probably in the winter. I cannot wait!

...Penguins!

Here they are! The only land based colony of penguins in the world. These birds came to South Africa in about 1984 if I remember and just stayed. They do not leave and live on one particular beach left for them. They make quite an odd noise and are known as 'Jackass Penguins.' (Think donkey!)

I spy...

Now just what do you suppose that is? What is that digging a hole in this white sanded beach?

RSA Military (Navy)

Going towards Scarborough, this is a shot of an RSA Navy port.

Scarborough

I was happy to find a little piece of home while on vacation! (raised in Scarborough, Ontario - this is Scarborough, South Africa)

Worker's Tribute

While driving along the beautiful coast south of Cape Town we came across this section. You can see in this picture that the road is cut to run right under the side of the mountain. But when Suzy and I approached it all we could discuss is who the companies would have had building it. Considering some of the past of South Africa we wondered how many people died during this part of the construction... and how many of them were not white. Sort of took the fun out of it for the moment.

Together & Cold

These two photos are of Suzy and I at the lookout point of this scenic stop on Chapman's Peak drive.

Yes it really WAS very windy, I mean look at our pants in that 1st picture!

w o w #2

This is the view from a scenic point on Chapman's Peak Drive. (RSA) One of the most scenic drives in the entire world.

Can someone get rid of the yellow numbers without cropping?

w o w

 


One of my favourite pictures from this trip. I love how the clouds hang off of each other in layers. I don't pretend to understand how it happens...but this area of South Africa has amazing sunsets and great clouds. WOW 

We miss you Pascale

 

Pascale Mbu-Letang on the left and Suzy Ongendangenda on the right. The captain of this ship let the three of us ride with him in his 'bridge' on the main deck when it started pouring. Every other tourist had to go below and look out the windows. We got to use his binoculars and listen to interesting Cape Town rock.

Cape Town, South Africa, 

Seal Island

One stop along our drive to the Cape Point was here to visit Seal Island. Aptly named, it is simply a bunch of rocks covered in Seals... all the time. This is a dedicated tourist attraction.

A forest!

This is what you see of a kelp forest...from the top.